Here is comfort; grace and peace. These two go together like peanut butter and jelly or Abbott and Costello. You cannot have grace without peace following it. You cannot have true peace, especially inner peace, without grace.
Grace is not getting what we do deserve. What we deserve is punishment. What we deserve is eternal turmoil. What we deserve is strife.
However, what we get is love. What we get is peace. What we get is salvation.
Grace to each of you that read this, because what we need is grace. We need unmerited favor from God who can give us peace.
We all go through different ordeals, some are small and some seem mountainous. It is the grace of God that gets us through, as he sends unmerited love and favor toward us.
Grace is not getting what we do deserve. What we deserve is punishment. What we deserve is eternal turmoil. What we deserve is strife.
However, what we get is love. What we get is peace. What we get is salvation.
Grace to each of you that read this, because what we need is grace. We need unmerited favor from God who can give us peace.
We all go through different ordeals, some are small and some seem mountainous. It is the grace of God that gets us through, as he sends unmerited love and favor toward us.
In our times of trouble God sends his grace to us and from that we have peace. Paul prayed three times for his thorn to disappear, but God didn't do it. Instead, he told Paul, "My grace is sufficient for you."
God grace is sufficient for us, right after writing that in 2 Corinthians 12 Paul goes on to say that he is at peace with this thorn in the flesh because it brings glory to God.
There is another concept to think about, God gains glory through our hardships. In our weakness his power is displayed. We are made stronger by his grace, love, and mercy toward us sinners.
Peace is attainable through God's mercy and grace. Jesus the very one who embodied God's grace, stood up on a boat in the midst of a storm and simply said, "Peace, be still" and it was. In our storms of life, instead of praying the problem away remember that God's grace is sufficient for us. Pray for his grace, because following that there will be peace. The problem may not go away, but there will be peace.
God grace is sufficient for us, right after writing that in 2 Corinthians 12 Paul goes on to say that he is at peace with this thorn in the flesh because it brings glory to God.
There is another concept to think about, God gains glory through our hardships. In our weakness his power is displayed. We are made stronger by his grace, love, and mercy toward us sinners.
Peace is attainable through God's mercy and grace. Jesus the very one who embodied God's grace, stood up on a boat in the midst of a storm and simply said, "Peace, be still" and it was. In our storms of life, instead of praying the problem away remember that God's grace is sufficient for us. Pray for his grace, because following that there will be peace. The problem may not go away, but there will be peace.
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