Your Grace is Sufficient

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Jda016

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#1
My health is all but gone,
My strength from me has fled
For Healing's touch I long,
As I draw near my deathbed


But Your Grace is sufficient for me
No matter how hard the trials may be
And I will continually seek to see
That all things work out for good to me


All my finances are lost
And I have fallen into dept's pit
For I cannot pay the cost
And in bankruptcy I shall sit


But Your Grace is sufficient for me
No matter how hard the trials may be
And now you have opened my eyes to see
All the Heavenly treasure that is for me


My friends no longer care
And abandon me in my darkest hour
Their time with me, they will not share
And throw me to loneliness' power


But Your Grace is sufficient for me
No matter how hard the trials may be
And though loneliness is what I feel
God's presence is all the more real


Paul was beaten and cast down
His face a bloody red
But his convictions were firm and sound
And this is what he said:


Your Grace is sufficient for me
No matter how hard the trials may be
For I have been crucified for thee
And it is now Christ that lives in me!
 
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Soucy

Guest
#2
The argument of some practicers of loose conduct in their attempt to entice and deceive others in the Christian congregation is that God’s grace is great and that he will overlook their sins, since he recognizes their imperfections and fleshly weakness. But Jesus’ half brother Jude spoke of such as being “ungodly men, turning the undeserved kindness of our God into an excuse for loose conduct and proving false to our only Owner and Lord, Jesus Christ.” (Jude 4) Such ones’ profession of Christianity is meaningless. Their service is unacceptable to God; it is as the wise writer of Israel said: “The sacrifice of the wicked ones is something detestable. How much more so when one brings it along with loose conduct.”—Pr 21:27.
 
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Jda016

Guest
#3
I am sorry, but what point are you trying to make? I am not sure. This poem does not try in any way to promote loose conduct or "sloppy grace."
 
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Jda016

Guest
#4
Also, if you notice, none of the stanzas are talking about overlooking sins, but rather the great pressures and burdens that Christians face continually. The grace mentioned is referring to the power of God to help us endure such things, not as a license to sin.

The poem was inspired by God telling Paul His grace was sufficient when he was being severely pressed by the devil.

It is meant to give hope to the broken-hearted, not encourage them to sin.