Kay Arthur - Lord, I Need Grace to Make It Today: A Devotional Study on Gods Power for Daily Living

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L ORD , I N EED G RACE TO M AKE I T T ODAY
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Arthur, Kay, 1933

Lord, I need grace to make it today : a devotional study on Gods power for daily living / Kay Arthur. 1st WaterBrook Press ed.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Lord, I need grace to make it.
eISBN: 978-0-307-56895-3
1. Grace (Theology) I. Arthur, Kay, 1933- Lord, I need grace to make it. II. Title.

BT761.3.A78 2001
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This book is dedicated to two very special people in my life.

To my husband, Jack, who knows what it is to live in the grace of God day in and day out, because he lives with me!
How I thank this godly man for letting me fulfill the ministry
to which our Lord has called me.

To Evelyn Wheeler, my daughter in the Lord. This book first became a
reality through her vision and selfless dedication.
How I thank God for her
the daughter I wanted but never physically gave birth to!

For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men.

TITUS 2:11

A t times we all wonder if we are going to make itor if it is even worth the trying, the effort, the fight. The pressure, mental or physical, seems relentless. Its the same ol, same ol, and it is wearing. Very wearing. Why not just lay down and give up?

Lay down and give up? We cantbecause His grace is there, offered freely, given today freely and lavishly for all who would take it.

Yet the problem is that we dont always know how to seek and find that graceor after knowing how, we forget and need to be reminded. That, Beloved, is what this devotional study is all about. Its about crying out to God, Lord, I need grace to make it today, and then finding out how to appropriate His grace for any and every situation you will face and every feeling you will have to deal with.

That is why this book is set up this way. For the next nine weeks, you are going to immerse yourself day by day in the warm, stress-relieving water of Gods Word. The aches, the pains, the tension, the stress will gradually subside as you find yourself resting in the sufficiency of His grace. On some of the days there will simply be a truth to examine and embrace; other days there will be things you want to look up, study, and write out. But always there will be application to where you are today.

This is a devotional study that will minister to you in intimate, personal waysbut it is also a book that, when shared and discussed with a group, will take on even new depth as you learn from one anotherand as you help one another learn to appropriate His grace day by day.

If theres a possibility of your using this as a group study in which you would be a facilitator, then read Guidelines for Group Use in the Study Resources section at the back of this book, where youll find other valuable tools to enhance this study.

For many, the blessing of this study has been enhanced by the companion video and audio teaching tapes. For more information on these, simply call Precept Ministries International at our toll-free number (1-800-763-8280) and let one of our staff members help you. It would be their pleasure. We also provide training if you would like to develop your skills in handling the Word of God more accurately or in leading others in group studies designed to minister to people of all ages at any level of commitment while respecting the restraints on their time. Were known as The Inductive Study People: everybody, everywhere, any time, any place, any language, any age. One message: the Bible. One method: inductive. Please dont hesitate to call us.

Finally, let me share my visionits the possibility of a new avenue of ministry for you, Beloved of God

A new beginning
An avenue of ministry
A sense of doing something that has eternal value

These are three things I think are so important for you and for me. Theres so much to learn, to know, to experience, to doand we never want to lose sight of that. To do so would be to miss what God has for us. To fall short of the tremendous potential of our livesa potential that is ours because we are His, because we are children of the Creator of the Universe, indwelt by His divine Spirit and given the mind of Christ. You and I, Beloved, are Gods workmanship gifted by the Spirit of God and created in Christ Jesus unto good works that would absolutely stagger our minds if we were to see them before they ever happened.

And what has God put into your hands? What are you holding and reading right now? Is it an accident? A coincidence? No! You are holding a devotional study that first and foremost will be the beginning of a new depth of understanding about the sufficiency of Gods grace day by day in every aspect of your life.

God is going to speak to you because through this book you are going to come face to face with the living Word of Godthe Word that not only discerns the thoughts and intentions of your heart, but becomes the means of throwing His light on the direction your life is taking so you can know with absolute confidence where you are headed. If you listen to what He saysand by that I mean ordering your life accordinglythen there is, in a sense, a new beginning of understanding, of purpose. A new level of Christlikeness is attained. You will be, as Paul would say, pressing on and attaining that for which Jesus Christ laid hold of you.