It is hard to believe that Lent is better than half way over. I cannot wait for Resurrection Day. I am believing that God is going to do mighty miracles on that day to celebrate His victory over the grave! He is already performing so many wonderful things in my life. Everyday HE is bringing me some new form of healing or revelation.
Today’s Scriptural meditation was from Titus 2: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. Titus 2: 11-14 ESV
The grace of God is here with us right now. That grace is the power of God to do that which we could not do for ourselves. As we open ourselves to it grace trains us, schools us in how to live godly lives and those godly lives are for the here and now. You don’t have to wait until you get to Heaven to have victory over addictions or deep-seated wounds that cause bad behavior. The grace of God is present now to help you in this age. If grace can change me it can change you. Do not give up let His grace work on you a little while longer and you will see a change. You may have been born with a bent to sin but if you let Jesus in He will will tun you around so that you have a bent towards righteousness. No one is beyond His reach. No one!
Have you ever felt you were beyond God’s help? What did you do?
Lillie-Put 
Pastor J, this series has been so powerful to me. Thank you for continuing to bring insight to His word and giving me much to meditate on in this Lenten journey. Many blessings to you Pastor J!
He has been gracious to give us both a lot to chew on. I think these thoughts are needed to strengthen faith in the face of significant difficulty.
“Have you ever felt you were beyond God’s help?”
No, not exactly. Before I knew Christ, I was never sure there was a God. I hoped there was a God, but that hope caused a dilemma, for IF God was real, He would HAVE to be perfect, or He wouldn’t be God. If He was perfect, He wouldn’t/couldn’t respond to me, because I was totally evil. I suppose that was thinking I was beyond His help, but since I didn’t know He was real . . . hmmmm.
Now, since being a blood-bought, adopted child of the living God, I have never thought even for one moment that I am beyond His help. I cannot comprehend His love but I KNOW the REALITY of it and I know He will never leave me or refuse to help me.
We serve an incredibly amazing God who loves us with an everlasting love and gave Himself for us.
This is a good point Angela. I have been stymied as to HOW He would be able to help but even in those moments when I cannot see an answer I have been able to trust that God had one. I rest in that truth continually.