2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

You may be asking “how can I receive a free gift in vain?” And the obvious answer would be that you cannot because it is a gift that is freely available to us.

I believe that people still do take the word of God, the Gospel, the Scriptures, our bibles, whatever you would call it, in vain. They read but don’t accept. They read but don’t believe it all.

God has given us His Word because it is the truth. We cannot presume to understand it all and need constant guidance from The Holy Spirit to show us what it means.

Continue receiving that guidance with grace.

Ephesians 4:7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

It may seem hard to believe a statement like this after you have just had someone shout down your neck or turn round and say they hate you, but Christ has given each of us an amazing gift of grace.

It is not just the grace that Christ show us but the gift of grace that He has given to us. He has shown us grace beyond measure, beyond what we can imagine…

But He has also given us the ability to show others grace. That needs to come from deep inside of us where He has planted it and not a shallow gesture we think is good enough!

Ephesians 4:27 nor give place to the devil.

Don’t take it too personally, but you probably do give place to the devil! We all give in to temptations and we all do things that are not always the best things to do…

God’s grace goes beyond what we can do to work against Him and beyond our failings, so don’t get too worked up about failing or giving in!

Yes we do need to try and we should try as hard as we can, but we will still make mistakes and we will still fall and get hurt.

Reach out to ask God for a hand!