"God's Grace is Sufficient!"

My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness. 2 Corinthians 12:9

I love the phrase by Dr. Robert Schuler, “Tough times never last but tough people do!” Something about it just stirs my heart- - - it’s like I’m hearing from the head coach in the hardest part of the game! It rings of Vince Lombardi, Duck Daugherty or Keith Paine. It speaks to faith on the battlefield―the ability to bounce back from defeat; and persistence that comes from faith. The rare ingredient to never, ever, ever give up! The apostle Paul knew this kind of faith so this phrase is, in my opinion, the thesis statement of the two letters to Corinth. Paul had been beaten with a whip until he was nearly dead; stoned by a mob and the spectators thought he was dead; beaten with sticks; shipwrecked; bit by a poisonous snake; he was disrespected as an apostle; and despised as his leadership was undermined. But he could not lose heart!

How about you? Do you know that God’s grace is sufficient for you! That his power works best in weakness! Has he given you just a little strength and yet placed before you an open door, as the word says in the book of Revelation? Then say it out loud so everyone can hear it- - - speak it in faith to God- - - say it with a growl so your loved ones will remember this is a part of your personality!

“Tough times never last but tough people do!!!”

Your friend for the rest of my life,

Pastor Tim White