GRACE IS GREATER
SCRIPTURE HEBREWS 12:14
14. “MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH EVERYONE AND TO BE HOLY; WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD.”
SCRIPTURE HEBREWS 12:15
15. SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE MISSES THE GRACE OF GOD AND THAT NO BITTER ROOT GROWS UP TO CAUSE TROUBLE AND DEFILE MANY.”
FAMILY PICTURE
- WE WANT THE PERFECT PICTURE
- SADLY IT DOESN’T ALWAYS TURN OUT
- GRACE IS GREATER THAN OUR WEAKNESS
- WE EVEN GO SO FAR AS THIS
PICTURE SKINNY MIRRORS
- YEARS AGO ON SHARK TANK
- PRODUCT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR STORES
- WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HIDE THEM
- NO ONE BOASTING- LOOK HOW WEAK I AM
- STORES BOUGHT THEM- LEFT THE LABEL ON THEM
SCRIPTURE 2 CORNITHIANS 12:5
5. I WILL BOAST ABOUT A MAN LIKE THAT, BUT I WILL NOT BOAST ABOUT MYSELF, EXCEPT ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:6
6. EVEN IF I SHOULD BOAST, I WOULD NOT BE A FOOL, BECAUSE I WOULD BE SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:6
6. BUT I REFRAIN, SO NO ONE WILL THINK MORE OF ME THAN IS WARRANTED BY WHAT I DO OR SAY.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7
OR BECAUSE OF THESE SURPASSINGLY GREAT REVELATIONS. THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO KEEP ME FROM BECOMING CONCEITED,
SCRPTURE 2 CONRINTHIANS 12:7
7. I WAS GIVEN A THORN, A MESSENGER OF SATAN, TO TORMENT ME.
GREEK WORD IS :SKOLOPS-COULD MEAN SPIKE
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:8
8. THREE TIMES I PLEADED WITH THE LORD TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME.
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
9. BUT HE SAID TO ME, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.”
SCRPITURE 2 CONRINTHIANS 12:9
9. THEREFORE I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE GLADLY ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRISTS POWER MAY REST ON ME. (PLURAL)
SCRIPTURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:10
10. THAT IS WHY, FOR CHRIST’S SAKE, I DELIGHT IN WEAKNESSES, IN INSULTS, IN HARDSHIPS,
SCRIPITURE 2 CORINTHIANS 12:10
10. IN PERSECUTIONS, IN DIFFICULTIES. FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.
3 PEOPLE FLEXING
- WORLDS STRONGEST TEENAGER
- ALEX SKIRUKHA-JESSICA GRAY. BEARPAW CHRIST
UPSIDE DOWN KINGDOM PRINCIPLE
THE WAY UP IS DOWN
WANNA RUN- YOU GOTTA CRAWL
TO BE EXALTED- YOU HAVE TO BE HUMBLE
TO WIN- YOU MIGHT NEED TO LOSE
TO FIRST- TRY AND BE LAST
WANT TO LIVE- YOU HAVE TO DIE
THORN–THORN IN THE FLESH WILL KEEP ME
T-EACHABLE
H-UMBLE
O-RIENTED TO HIM/HEAVEN IN PRAYER
R-ELIANT ON GODS GRACE/STRENGTH
N- EAR TO JESUS
SCRIPTURE JUDGES 6:13
13. PARDON ME, MY LORD,” GIDEON REPLIED, “BUT IF THE LORD IS WITH US, WHY HAS ALL THIS HAPPENED TO US?
SCRIPTURE JUDGES 6:13
13. WHERE ARE ALL HIS WONDERS THAT OUR ANCESTORS TOLD US ABOUT WHEN THEY SAID,
SCRIPTURE JUDGES 6:13
13. DID NOT THE LORD BRING US UP OUT OF EGYPT?
BUT NOW THE LORD HAS ABANDONED US AND GIVEN US INTO THE HAND OF MIDIAN.”
SCRIPTURE JUDGES 6:14
14. THE LORD TURNED HIM TO HIM AND SAID, “GO IN THE STRENGTH YOU HAVE AND SAVE ISRAEL OUT OF MIDIAN’S HAND. AM I NOT SENDING YOU?” (MY POWER)
SCRIPTURE JUDGES 6:15
15. “PARDON ME, MY LORD, “GIDEON REPLIED, “BUT HOW CAN I SAVE ISRAEL? MY CLAN IS THE WEAKEST
IN MANASSEH, AND I AM THE LEAST IN MY FAMLY.”
NUMBERS 25
- 32,000
- 10,000
- 300
- “GODS WORK IN MY LIFE IS NOT JUST IN SPITE OF MY WEAKNESS, IT IS THROUGH MY WEAKNESS. MY WEAKNESS REMINDS ME TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. AND LET GODS STRENGTH TAKE CENTER STAGE.”
PHIL HANSEN
SLIDE 32: VIDEO
- WORDS PENNED BY ISAAC NEWTON
- SLAVE SHIP CAPTAIN
- WRITTEN ON BLACK KEYS
AMAZING GRACE LYRICS
AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND
THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME
I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW AM FOUND,
WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE.
I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW AM FOUND
WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE.
TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART TO FEAR,
AND GRACE MY FEARS RELIEVED
HOW PRECIOUS DID THAT GRACE APPEAR
THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
- GRACE IS GREATER THAN YOUR GUILT
- GRACE IS GREATER THAN YOUR WOUNDS
- GRACE IS GREATER THAN YOUR DESPAIR
- GRACE IS GREATER THAN YOUR WEAKNESS
MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU:
NEED- YOU HAVE A CUP SUPPOSE YOU HAVE A HOSE
NEED- YOU HAVE A PAINT CAN- BACK TO HOSE
NEED-YOU HAVE 5 GALLON BUCKET- BACK TO HOSE
NEED- YOU HAVE WHEEL BARROW- BACK TO HOSE
CURIOUS- WONDER WHAT IS THIS HOSE ATTACHED TO
GO AROUND AND FIND IT’S ATTACHED TO THIS:
- UNLIMITED RESOURCE
- PLENTY OF GRACE TO SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS
VIDEO OCEAN
- GOD HAS AN ENDLESS SUOPPLY
- HE KNOWS WHEN AND HOW MUCH WE NEED
“A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough today to last him for the next 6 months, nor can he inhale sufficient air into his lungs with one breath to sustain life for a week to come. We are permitted to draw upon God’s store of grace from day to day as we need it.”
Dwight L. Moody
- God’s power is attracted to weakness. His grace comes running to those in need.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE BOAST ABOUT?