2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Our lives tell a story. Each hour, day, week, month and year are the words, sentences, paragraphs and chapters.
Those pages are filled with everything we do, both the good and the bad.
Most of us tend to look only at the bad, whether in our own lives or in the lives of others. For some reason, we just tend to focus on the bad more than anything else. And this can really cause us to have a negative outlook on things.
In our own lives, it can cause us to think that maybe, just maybe, we have done things that God can’t forgive. We look back on our lives, and the choices we’ve made, and we think there is no possible way that we can overcome those things and have favor with God.
But let me tell you something today. God’s grace is sufficient.
We look at our life through human eyes. And we see pages filled with sin, bad choices and rebellion. But God’s grace changes that.
Through God’s grace, those pages are full of spaces where there was once sin. But now those spaces are pure white. His grace does that for us.
The key here is a repentant heart. When we mess up, we just need to go to Him, sincerely repent and ask Him to forgive our shortcomings. And He does.
We hear that word, repent, a lot. But what does it mean?
Repent: to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life.
Notices that it says “turn from sin”. It doesn’t just say “be sorry for sin”. Nope! It says that we turn from it and we amend our life. We change it up.
God’s grace makes this all possible. Because without His grace, repentance would be useless.
So, remember this; when we see pages full of darkness, sin and ugly stuff, God’s grace comes along like a big eraser and turns that blackness into light.
Repent. Amend our lives. And let God’s grace re-write our story.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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