November 23, 2014 - Sunday service message - THE GRACE OF GOD IN OUR TIMES OF NEED AND PROSPERITY

2. For the law was given through Moses;
grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.
C o l o s s i a n s
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All over the world this gospel is bearing
fruit and growing, just as it has been
doing among you since the day you heard
it and understood God's grace in all its
truth.

3.  Appropriately, the free unmerited
love and favor of God, the spring
and source of all the benefits men
receive from him.
 GRACE also means receiving God's
blessings we don't deserve.

4. 1. The Grace of God in our
Salvation.
2. The Grace of God in our Total
Development and Transformation.
3. The Grace of God in our Calling
to Serve in the Ministry.
4. The Grace of God in our Times of
Needs and Prosperity.

6. Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne
of grace with confidence, so
that we may receive mercy and
find grace to help us in our
time of need.

7. Hebrews 10:19
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since
we have confidence to enter the Most
Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
1 John 2:1
My dear children, I write this to you so
that you will not sin. But if anybody does
sin, we have an advocate with the Father
—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One

8. (AMP) Let us then fearlessly and
confidently and boldly draw near
to the throne of grace (the throne
of God's unmerited favor to us
sinners), that we may receive
mercy [for our failures] and find
grace to help in good time for
every need [appropriate help and
well-timed help, coming just
when we need it].

9. (CEV) So whenever we are in need,
we should come bravely before the
throne of our merciful God. There
we will be treated with
undeserved kindness, and we will
find help.
(LITV) Therefore, let us draw near
with confidence to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy, and we
may find grace for timely help.

10. 2Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that though he was
rich, yet for your sakes he became
poor, so that you through his
poverty might become rich.

11. AMPLIFIED BIBLE 2Corinthians 8:9
For you are becoming progressively
acquainted with and recognizing
more strongly and clearly the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ (His
kindness, His gracious generosity,
His undeserved favor and spiritual
blessing), [in] that though He was
[so very] rich, yet for your sakes He
became [so very] poor, in order that
by His poverty you might become
enriched (abundantly supplied).

12. 2Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all
grace abound to you, so
that in all things at all
times, having all that you
need, you will abound in
every good work.

16. Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance
depends on the law, then it no longer
depends on a promise; but God in his
grace gave it to Abraham through a
promise.
Galatians 3:29 If you belong to Christ, then
you are Abraham's seed, and heirs
according to the promise.

17. Genesis 12:1 The LORD had said to
Abram, "Leave your country, your people
and your father's household and go to
the land I will show you.
Genesis 12:2 "I will make you into a great
nation and I will bless you; I will make
your name great, and you will be a
blessing.
Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless
you, and whoever curses you I will
curse; and all peoples on earth will be
blessed through you."

18. 2 Corinthians 8:7
7 But since you excel in everything—
in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in
complete earnestness and in the
love we have kindled in you see
that you also excel in this grace of
giving.

19. James 4:2-3
2 You desire but do not have, so you
kill. You covet but you cannot get
what you want, so you quarrel and
fight. You do not have because you
do not ask God. 3 When you ask,
you do not receive, because you ask
with wrong motives, that you may
spend what you get on your
pleasures.

20. 2Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace
abound to you, so that in all things at
all times, having all that you need, you
will abound in every good work.
2Corinthians 9:11
You will be made rich in every way so
that you can be generous on every
occasion, and through us your
generosity will result in thanksgiving to
God.

21. 1Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present world
not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,
which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in
God, who richly provides us with everything for
our enjoyment.
1Timothy 6:18
Command them to do good, to be rich in good
deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.
1Timothy 6:19
In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves
as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that
they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

23. Genesis 12:2
"I will make you into a
great nation and I will
bless you; I will make
your name great, and you
will be a blessing.

24. Genesis 12:3 I will bless those
who bless you, and whoever
curses you I will curse; and all
peoples on earth will be blessed
through you."