Nov 29 2025 … His Grace Is Enough …

Nov 29 2025 …  His Grace Is Enough  … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from Steven Curtis Chapman singing His Strength Is Perfect … assuring those who struggle with pain that God’s strength will provide them (us) with His enabling grace.

Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9 … [NLT] … 

9 Each time He said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.… 

… Paul remembered Jesus teaching him that God’s enabling grace was enough to deal with the pain and tribulation of life.

Highlight Passage in Context:  2Corinthians 12:2-10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul was given a “thorn in the flesh” to humble him and be able to receive God’s enabling grace to serve the Lord more effectively.

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches his son to trust God and follow Him alone to deal with the tribulation of this life. 

Reference Passage: … John 16:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus taught His disciples (and us) that they (we) would encounter trials in this life; but that HE, our Lord, would help us overcome those trials with His grace.

Reference Passage:… Romans 8:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians that ALL THINGS in our life, even the troubles, are for our good and His glory.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches fellow Christians that no matter what we face in life, ,,, temptations, trials, or troubles, … that HE is there to give to provide His enabling grace.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Finally, Paul teaches that any/all Christians can - and should - take their worries and cares to God, with a thankful heart, to receive God’s peace, which will guard their (our) hearts in times of trouble. 

Reference Passage: … James 1:2, 12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus’ brother, James, assures fellow Christians that trials and troubles are opportunities to show God’s strength lifting them (us) up and providing His joy.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, John Blase…  USE THS LNK      …  wrote about 20th Century writer, Mary Flannery O’Connor, who, during her 39 years, suffered from the pain of lupous.   However, having witnessed her father die of the same congenital disease, the pain she endured likely made O’Connor a better writer. Another novelist of her time, Alice McDermott, said, “It was the illness I think that made her the writer that she is.” 

If my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures I’ve shared above, would you agree with me, as fellow Christians, that God allows or gives us the trials and tribulations of life to build us into stronger Christians, … who can - and will - use God’s enabling grace to stand against the trials of life and serve the Lord more effectively?   I hope and pray you do; .. because it’s God’s truth!!

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me Your enabling grace to deal with the trials of my life.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for lifting us up with Your strength when we are weak. … Amen

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