ĶEY SCRIPTURE:2Ti 2:1 KJV “Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”

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We continue with our study on being strong in the grace of our Lord Jesus. Every Christian is engulfed in the grace of our Lord Jesus. Rom 5:2 KJV” By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” The scripture also says in John 1:16 KJV.”And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” There is an overwhelming grace that engulfs us. We are to be strong in it, or we must take full advantage of it. The grace of God gives us a clear advantage  in this life over the man without Christ. In light of this, the Child of God must never be a failure.

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God’s word has shown us various ways to strengthen the grace of God in our lives. We would consider the following:

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1. The first is to humble yourself  before God. Jas 4:6 KJV” But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” The humble man is he who trembles at  the word of God. God continually shows up in the affairs of the humble man. This strengthens his confidence in the grace of God.

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2  Secondly, grace is multiplied through the knowledge of our Lord Jesus. 2Pe 1:2 KJV Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. Knowing the Lord involves yielding to the word in the practice of our faith  . Through practising God’s word, the Lord manifests His presence to honour that word. Joh 14:21 KJV He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”

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3 Thirdly, as you make use of the gifts of God in your life, the Holy Spirit works alongside you. In this way, you experience the grace of God in operation. The more the particular gift of the spirit goes into operation, the more you grow in that particular grace. Note that every act of the Holy Spirit in your life is a manifestation of the grace of God.

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4 A heart of gratitude that keeps thanking God welcomes the Spirit and even angels of God into that  particular situation, bringing answers. In Acts

16: 25-31, Paul and Silas, irrespective of their chains and beatings, kept thanking the Lord. The Spirit and angel broke loose, resulting in an earthquake and a subsequent breaking of their chains. These men would definitely be strengthened in the grace of God.

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5 A consistent prayer life would also strengthen  one’s confidence in the grace of God. The prophet Elijah, as a result of his consistent prayer life, had grown so confident in the grace of God that he declared to King Ahab, By my word it shall not  rain n̈or dew in a period of three years and six months,   1 Kings 17:1. He used the phrase ‘ the Lord God’ before whom I stand.’ This is a phrase expressing his consistent prayer life.

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THOUGHT: ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY ACT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE AS A DIRECT WORK OF GOD’S GRACE

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FURTHER STUDIES

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1Co 15:10 KJV” But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”

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2Co 6:1 KJV We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.