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[00:00:00] You are listening to My Devotional, the daily devotional from Dr. Michael Youssef and Leading
[00:00:06] the Way.
[00:00:08] Grace Equals Power by Dr. Michael Youssef
[00:00:13] There's one thing you must understand about grace.
[00:00:17] Grace equals power.
[00:00:20] There's nothing like this power in the entire world.
[00:00:23] This power is so unique that it can raise a dead soul to life.
[00:00:28] It's a supernatural power.
[00:00:30] It's a unique power.
[00:00:31] And it's the same power that sustains us through the difficulties of life.
[00:00:36] No matter what your hurt may be, whatever your suffering is, whatever grief is crushing
[00:00:42] you, God's promise for the Apostle Paul is yours today.
[00:00:47] My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
[00:00:53] No matter what you're facing, God's grace is sufficient.
[00:00:59] How could we experience and explain the sufficiency of the grace of God if there were no thorns in
[00:01:05] our lives?
[00:01:06] How could we testify about it?
[00:01:08] God's grace cannot be manifested when we are strong in our own eyes when we think we don't
[00:01:14] need it.
[00:01:15] God's grace shines the brightest against the darkness of our circumstances.
[00:01:19] God's grace is manifested most clearly when we're weak.
[00:01:24] That's why Paul was glad to boast about his weakness.
[00:01:27] Why?
[00:01:28] So that Christ's power would rest upon him even more.
[00:01:33] My grace is sufficient for you.
[00:01:37] Is God's grace sufficient for you?
[00:01:39] If you don't think that God's grace is sufficient for you, maybe you're focusing so much on the
[00:01:45] thorn that you cannot see the rose of his grace blossoming in your life.
[00:01:50] Look up and remember his grace, truth, and promises, and rejoice.
[00:01:56] Let's pray together.
[00:01:57] Lord, help us to take our eyes off of our thorns.
[00:02:02] May our gaze instead be fixed upon your throne.
[00:02:06] We pray this in the name of Jesus.
[00:02:08] Amen.
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