{"id":22115,"date":"2014-10-03T00:25:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T04:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22115"},"modified":"2014-10-02T22:48:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T02:48:47","slug":"need-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/03\/need-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Need Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you ever wonder where God is during all your comings and goings? Do you think that He is so into what He has planned for the world that He’s forgotten your daily life? You know that He wants to be with you more than anything else. He wants a relationship with you and to be included in your thoughts and plans, even the ones you think aren’t worth mentioning. I’m not saying that He doesn’t already know, He just loves to hear your voice when you talk with Him.<\/p>\n

All relationships are give and take…and the one you have with God is no different. He gives and He takes. “What does He take?” you ask. \u00a0He takes and bears all of your burdens. Psalm 68:19 says that He intends to take our burdens. He wants you to lay them all at His feet because He is able to carry it all, yours and mine. He may not take it all away but He will definitely carry you all the way through.<\/p>\n

Praise be to God our Savior, Who daily bears our burdens.
\nPsalm 68:19<\/p>\n

Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you.
\n1 Peter 5:7 KJV<\/p>\n

He takes our cares and worries and daily bears our burdens for us. \u00a0So what does the Lord give? \u00a0Mercy<\/em>! \u00a0We can trade our hard times and burdens for His mercies. \u00a0He gives us compassion. \u00a0He gives us love. \u00a0He gives us patience and understanding. \u00a0He gives us His hand to hold onto, as a stronghold in place of our fleshly holds. \u00a0He gives us a new day, a new morning to start again, and He does it every single day!<\/p>\n

Because of the Lord\u2019s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness.
\nLamentations 3:22-23 NIV<\/p>\n

So, it goes like this: We carry a backpack full of hard, difficult burdens. We add to it day in and day out. We fill it until one day we break and spill and we have lost all hope. We are in a dark place and we feel like God is not helping. Then He, in the form of the Holy Spirit, nudges us to let all of it go and trust Him with it. We, in turn, trade our burdens for His mercy.<\/p>\n

I know that for far too long I went my own way. I let my strongholds completely control my life and I lost all of my ability to make choices. My flesh chose for me. I almost lost it all. But God! He was always there. Oh it didn’t happen overnight. It took me a long time to get to that hopeless place and it took a awhile to see the full hope. Slowly, the more that I relied on God and the more that I walked closely with Him, and the more I read His Word, I began to change and I laid it all at God’s feet and He gave me mercy and grace.<\/p>\n

I got my “new mercies.” \u00a0I got to start over. \u00a0All because Jesus died to save us all from ourselves and God takes all our hard and bears it. \u00a0And you know what? \u00a0You can too!<\/p>\n

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Let’s pray<\/strong><\/span>: Dear God, You are the Almighty God and You are awesome. \u00a0Your love bears all things and You give us so much. \u00a0You are able to do all things that we ask of You and so much more. \u00a0Great is Thy faithfulness! \u00a0Lord, we have all sinned and we have all carried our burdens for too long. \u00a0Today, we lay them at Your feet. \u00a0We ask that You take them from us. \u00a0We cannot do this alone anymore. \u00a0Give us Your mercy and grace, oh Lord. \u00a0Give us a heart to serve You. \u00a0And to love all Your children. \u00a0You are our Refuge and we are so grateful. \u00a0And, Lord, if there is anyone reading this today that needs Your grace today, help them to let their hurts go and to trust You today. Let them know there is hope in You. \u00a0In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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