{"id":6622,"date":"2024-12-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6622"},"modified":"2024-12-09T17:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T23:16:18","slug":"grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=6622","title":{"rendered":"Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From God comes\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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From God comes grace. Grace from a spiritual perspective means undeserved, unmerited favor. Because of this favor, God bestows many blessings on us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may say to ourselves that we aren\u2019t so bad. If we do good things, why shouldn\u2019t we receive good gifts from God? However, blessings resulting from God\u2019s grace cannot be earned. They are freely given to those who have accepted Jesus as their personal Savor (Ephesians 2:8-9). God\u2019s grace is extended to us through Jesus Christ. We have all sinned and fallen short, but by God\u2019s grace our sins are forgiven because of Jesus\u2019s sacrifice (Ephesians 2:4-5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through Moses we received the law, but it is through Christ we receive truth and grace (John 1:17). This grace is God\u2019s divine love flowing to us. Technically, God owes us nothing. Yet, when we surrender our lives to Him, we realize that we are supported and loved unconditionally. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s grace is powerful. It provides sufficiency in all of our circumstances (2 Corinthians 9:8). Life can be filled with trouble and hardships. We all struggle to cope with problems. To spiritually survive, we must remember that our sufficiency comes through God\u2019s grace (2 Corinthians 3:5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul learned this when he asked God to remove a \u201cthorn in the flesh\u201d that bothered him (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). God does not always immediately deliver us from a trial. He didn\u2019t in Paul\u2019s situation. However, He did tell Paul, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you\u2026 (2 Corinthians 12:9).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christians are not immune from troubles and hardships. They go through divorce, cancer, death of loved ones, career setbacks, financial losses, wars, imprisonment, floods, and tornadoes just like everyone else. God\u2019s grace assures us we never have to face these trials alone. We have extra help. Only God knows how to turn weakness into strength, despair into hope, or light into darkness. Only God can give peace to a weary heart or heal a wounded soul. Trials may abound, but God\u2019s grace can abound much more (Romans 5:20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we feel bombarded with one dire circumstance after another, we can feel numb. We feel like we are immersed in quicksand pulling us down. I\u2019ve felt that way. Sometimes the only prayer I\u2019ve been able to continually utter is, \u201cYour grace is sufficient for me.\u201d Even if I don\u2019t feel it, I know it\u2019s true. Sometimes I just repeat, \u201cJesus, you are enough,\u201d over and over again\u2014through the heartache and tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From God comes grace and God\u2019s grace is a powerful thing! God\u2019s grace provides strength to face each new day. God\u2019s grace allows us to know that what happens on earth is temporary. God\u2019s grace grants the assurance of hope for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

~James 1:17 (NLT)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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