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Enough is Enough, Part 3 – Enough Grace
After hearing the message, you will grow in your understanding that,even when God doesn’t feel like enough,He is. Even when our life circumstances seem to indicate that He is absent oruncaring, He makes theplain and clear declaration: “My grace issufficient for you.” And you will accept, declare and hold that truth in your heart.
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Think of a time in your life when God said no.
Youasked in His Name, your request was reasonable and desperately needed and hesaid no.
When you said to Him…”Lord, I won’t make it unless You…”
How did you make it?
The two key questions:
> Is God enough for you?
> Will you trust Him?
2 Corinthians 12:6-10
6Even if I should choose to boast,I would not be a fool,because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,7or because of these surpassingly greatrevelations.Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,a messenger of Satan,to torment me.8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.9But he said to me,“My graceis sufficient for you, for my poweris made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.10That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delightinweaknesses, in insults, in hardships,in persecutions,in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
The “thorn” is not an annoyance, but really, relentless pain, physically or emotionally.
What does God do about Paul’s thorn?
When you said, “I won’t make it…” and you did. That was the beauty of GRACE
Joy, power, our defender.
Grace is the restoring power of God inthe face of weakness.
The overwhelming beauty of God in theugliness of life
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SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS
2 Peter 1:34
3His divine powerhas given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of himwho called usby his own glory and goodness.4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises,so thatthrough them you may participate in the divine nature,having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
James 4:6
6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:“God opposes the proudbut shows favor to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:10
10Andafter you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace,who has called you to hiseternal glory in Christ, will himselfrestore,confirm, strengthen, and establish you.