SUFFICIENT

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Two chats.

Perspectives couldn’t have been more unique.

So different in fact that one was with a fella, the other a young lady.

Yet for as different as they both meetings started out… (the fella was feeling a bit low in his faith and the young lady was riding high and looking to volunteer) …as each discussion ended, the talks ended up at the same place.

GRACE.

Grace was the assurance that the fella needed in his crisis. Grace allowed us to distinguish between temptation and sin and GRACE became the healing ointment on his convicted conscience. For the young lady, GRACE was her inspiration. She wanted to find a place to share its abundance with others.

GRACE had provided a well that needed to be tapped!

Same GRACE.

Different “faces”.

That is what makes GRACE so “amazing” as the old song surmises.

It heals.

It inspires.

It cleanses.

It clarifies.

It brightens.

It soothes.

GRACE exemplifies and amplifies every good gift that God gives us: forgiveness, redemption, righteousness, a place in His family, healing, and comfort.

GRACE truly has many faces

And what is even more remarkable is that GOD shows us all those different faces because He wants to. No, better yet, He loves to. He wants us to experience them all!…our Lord gave me (US) a full measure of his grace. 1 Timothy 1:14 (ERV)

And that FULL MEASURE of GRACE is QUITE EXTRAORDINARY when “leveraged”!

It opens doors of hope that once seems bolted shut and boarded up.

It teaches compassion and forgiveness.

It calms our fears of inadequacy.

It makes the bleakest of days, sunnier.

It turns devastating mistakes into triumphs!

It is “enough” …

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient…2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)

How else can you explain two so very different people with incredibly different agendas being satisfied by one simple and amazing truth?

Because it is SUFFICIENT!

Our heavenly Father is not stingy in the grace department. He opens His hand wide to pour out all the manifestations, flavors and faces of grace upon us daily; evenly “minutely” (if that even is a word.) Our job is to recognize and know it is SUFFICIENT to apply it to all the facets of our lives!

So today, can I encourage you to pause just for a second right where you are and acknowledge the grace of GOD.

Did he get you to work ok?

Does that coffee hit the spot?

Or was yesterday a tough one and you could use some reassurance? Did you suffer some loss or pain and could use a little healing?

Do you feel like you can’t take one more step and need a boost?

Remember GRACE because…The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us. - Billy Graham

It is SUFFICIENT!

HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

Love you all!

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