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When God
temporarily steps back into the shadows
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When God sends
the most unlovable person into your life
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When temptation
seems to have gotten the upper hand
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When the
Scriptures are no longer enjoyable
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When the burden
you are caring is heavier than
Everyone you know and
everyone they know is in this situation. People need grace. People need more
grace than they realize.
Martin Luther
once said, “Grace is given to heal the
spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes.”
In the spiritual world, just
like the physical world we are completely dependent upon the Lord Jesus Christ.
We need to recognize when these scenarios come upon us and without ceasing ask
God to give us the grace that is needed to know that we need more grace.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of Grace, that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help in the time of need.” (Hebrews
12:16, ESV)
“Now listen carefully…because this is incredibly important. Every one of
us needs help. We are not God. We have needs. We have weaknesses. We have
confusion. We have limitations of all kinds. We need help. (John Piper)
Most of us never realize at the time we most need
extraordinary grace to go to God and ask God to make us aware of how much more
grace we need to face our current situation.
Grace is available 24/7 – God’s grace is never
disrupted!
Most interesting post Gregg as I have had my share of ups and downs of late. Thanks for a most interesting post.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.