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今天早晨，也许因前一周的劳累疲乏，心情不高，灵修也有气无力很勉强。 于是，知趣地放弃自己的努力，寻求神的带领。

信箱里有一封新的信函，这个信箱好像是我的Sack, 我去原文网址读了作者这篇灵修文字的全文，看它能给我什么感动。

这一篇说的是神的恩典，以耶稣的生命为代价白白赐给我们的恩典。我们收到这份恩典本来是自己不配得的， 可是神给了我们， 因为他乐意，这是他的心愿。我们的心中因此有幸福和感谢，上帝的圣灵也在我们心中作工， 使我们原意去做符合他心愿的事情。

贴上来也给那些似乎走到低谷的人们， 愿神的爱与恩典让我们走出低迷的困境，发出感谢赞美之声。

Abounding Grace

By Roy Lessin, DaySpring co-founder and writer. September 15, 2010
 http://roy.dayspring.com/2010/09/abounding-grace.html

God is able to make all grace abound toward you. 2 Corinthians 9:8 Grace.

What a wonderful word! The very sound of it brings health and healing, comfort and reassurance, encouragement and hope. What does this wonderful word mean to us who have trusted in Christ?

First of all, we need to understand what grace does not mean. It does not mean that God looks at us through rose colored glasses; that He turns His head away and hides His eyes whenever we sin; that He lets us do whatever we please, whenever we please, while assuring us that all is well. Grace is not a permission slip that lets us do our own thing or skip out on our responsibilities. Grace is not a free pass that allows us to break the rules or a “Get Out of Jail Free” card that allows us to escape correction. Grace is not a license to sin.

What is Grace? Here are some helpful and wonderful definitions that have been written and spoken through the years:

Grace is God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.
Grace is God’s unmerited favor.
Grace is God working in us the will and the desire to do the things that please Him.
Grace is receiving from God what we do not deserve, freely, without money or price.
Grace is God’s influence upon us resulting in happiness and thankfulness.
Grace is amazing!

I would like to share a few additional thoughts about the meaning of God’s grace upon our lives. Grace is like the poor finding a vast treasure, the hungry finding a banqueting table, the weak finding limitless strength, the thirsty finding an artesian well, the fearful finding great courage, the lost finding the way back home, the empty heart finding a reservoir of never-ending love.

When we come to Jesus in our brokenness, our emptiness, our unworthiness, our helplessness, and in our need, we are reassured by His promise that all who come to Him, He will not cast out—He receives us, embraces us, washes us, restores us, and pours out upon us His abounding grace. Recently, I have to come to understand God’s grace to mean this…Jesus Christ will be to me all that I cannot be; He will do for me all that I cannot do; He will work through me all He calls me to be and to do…not once in awhile, but always; He will give it, not in tiny measure, but abundantly, over and over again.

May the following words about grace by Annie J. Flint ring loudly in your heart today and penetrate deep within your

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He giveth more grace

He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength as our labors increase;
To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials He multiplies peace.
When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father’s full giving is only begun.
Fear not that thy need shall exceed His provision,
Our God ever yearns His resources to share;
Lean hard on the arm everlasting, availing;
The Father both thee and thy load will upbear.
His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.

Grace for Every Moment

We believe in grace and the One who gives it.Moment by moment grace unfolds.

By the grace of God, I am what I am.I Corinthians 15:10

By Grace AloneAmazing Grace, how sweet the sound...Live courageously in the arms of grace.

又：读了本文引证的两条经文， 以及前后的经文， 很受鼓舞，

哥林多后书9章6/10节：

“少 种 的 少 收 ， 多 种 的 多 收 。 这 话 是 真 的 。各 人 要 随 本 心 所 酌 定 的 。 不 要 作 难 ， 不 要 勉 强 ， 因 为 捐 得 乐 意 的 人 ， 是 神 所 喜 爱 的 。神 能 将 各 样 的 恩 惠 ， 多 多 地 加 给 你 们 。 使 你 们 凡 事 常 常 充 足 ， 能 多 行 各 样 善 事 。如 经 上 所 记 ， 他 施 舍 钱 财 ， 周 济 贫 穷 。 他 的 仁 义 存 到 永 远 。”

4章16/18节

“所 以 我 们 不 丧 胆 。 外 体 虽 然 毁 坏 ， 内 心 却 一 天 新 似 一 天 。我 们 这 至 暂 至 轻 的 苦 楚 ， 要 为 我 们 成 就 极 重 无 比 永 远 的 荣 耀 。原 来 我 们 不 是 顾 念 所 见 的 ， 乃 是 顾 念 所 不 见 的 。 因 为 所 见 的 是 暂 时 的 ， 所 不 见 的 是 永 远 的 。”

哥林多前书15章10节

“然 而 我 今 日 成 了 何 等 人 ， 是 蒙 神 的 恩 才 成 的 。 并 且 他 所 赐 我 的 恩 ， 不 是 徒 然 的 。 我 比 众 使 徒 格 外 劳 苦 。 这 原 不 是 我 ， 乃 是 神 的 恩 与 我 同 在。”

但愿我们能够勇敢活在神的恩典中。