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Dan &PamThe God of all Grace
by Dan Therrien

According to 1 Peter 5:10 God is referred to as "The God of all grace."
   In II Cor. 9:8 we read, "God is able to make  all grace abound toward you, that ye always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." We are to be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord." (1 Cor. 15:58) It goes on to say that our labor is not in vain.
   Every saved person is saved by grace through faith and that not of yourselves, the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ unto good works. (Eph. 8-10)

   Anyone who says there is no God is only fooling themselves because God's saving grace "hath appeared to all men." (Titus 2:11) Inwardly, all men know the truth when they hear it. All it takes is an open heart to receive the truth.
   From His (Christ's) abundance we have ALL received one gracious blessing after another. (John 1:16 NLT)
   No matter what we've done in the past, when we ask forgiveness of our sins and receive Christ as our Lord and Savior we are under grace and "have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of God's grace." (1Eph 6&7)
   The unbeliever who rejects Christ before leaving this world has chosen so under their own free will and thus chosen eternal damnation and will be eternally separated from God in hell. (John 3:16-19)
   Through Christ, believers are blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies (Eph 1:3) That means no lack of grace, no lack of blessings. All things are possible.
   Grace is God's unmerited favor. Grace is God doing good for us we don't deserve. It can be defined as God's good sufficiency or the fullness of God in the life of the believer.
   "For my strength is made perfect in weakness. (2 Cor. 12:9) In our weakness and lack God has the greatest freedom to work, to be strong for us and through us to accomplish through us what we cannot. God is enabled and empowered in our weaknesses and lacks. Then it is to His glory not ours.
   When walking and continually seeking God's will, not depending upon our own knowledge, wisdom and strength but His, wonderous things are free to happen and mountains in life are moved. With a real relationship/partnership with God anything God asks us to do can and will be done smoothly and perfectly as "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work." (2 Cor. 9:8)
   Not only are we saved  by God's grace through Christ but it is by this grace that we are changed from the inside out (hearts softened, renewed into a spirit led person of faith and live totally new and clean lives. By His grace the Holy Spirit gives us the ability and strength to live good or Godly lives from glory to glory, one step at a time.
   It is the grace of God which offers a glorious eternal life and supplies us by the Spirit to daily seek God and walk in His ways forgiven, free and faithfully led by God's goodness, love and mercy.

Significance of
God's Grace

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law but under GRACE. (Romans 6:11-14)

Grace is our weapon against sin. Just before giving into addiction (sin) ask yourself, "Is God's grace sufficient or not? "No matter how many times you give in keep asking yourself the same question. When you get upset enough with your sin having power over you perhaps you'll get desperate enough to break through and receive from the Holy Spirit the power that is behind the promise "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. (2 Cor 12:9) For not on what we can do in our own strength but on what Christ can do through us despite our shortcomings due to illness, distress, etc.

By faith we agree with God's word that God's grace is available and sufficient and what releases God's overcoming power in us to conquer our weaknesses.

To allow God's grace to  be released and overcome our addiction/sin, we must will it to happen and make up our mind that God's grace is totally sufficient.

"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."( 2 Cor 9:8)

Saved By Grace

"My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
2 Cor 12:9