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"MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU"

"Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue."  Eugene O"Neill . 

"Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon."  John Piper

PRAY:  God, it's hard for me to understand that Your grace is sufficient for me and that Your power is made perfect in my weakness. I want Your grace to be sufficient, so I ask that You reveal to me Your truths. And it sounds crazy that I should boast in my weaknesses. But I want Christ's power to rest on me and I want to be strong when I feel weak, so can You help me to understand Your truths even though they don't make sense? Thank You for making Your word real and tangible. In Jesus name. Amen

REFLECT:  Have you ever meditated on the phrase "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness"? I don't think we can ever be in the position to actually boast in our weaknesses, let alone with gladness, until we truly understand and believe that God's grace is ALL WE NEED. It's not works, a good attitude, the right words, or our own strength. It's the ability to completely embrace God's supernatural grace. Then and only then will Christ's power rest on you. Now that's worth working on.

ACT:  Write down three poor choices or mistakes in your life that you still struggle with. Then tell the Lord each one and thank Him that His grace is sufficient for you and that His power is made perfect in those mistakes. Then out loud, boast to the Lord that those mistakes allowed His perfection to come through in your weakness. And tell Him that if you never made those wrong choices you would not get to see His unconditional grace and forgiveness at work in your life. Then thank God and glorify Him. You have just worked through a miracle of God's grace at work in your life.