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GRACE, Exploring Its Riches


                               Challenges come to people in various forms. We may not be
                               able to avoid or avert certain challenges from coming to us,
                               but when we take those challenges to the Lord, He gives us
                               the  supernatural  enabling  to  outlast  and  overcome  the
                               challenges. The enabling from God is called grace. Not only
                               are we able to receive grace to handle our challenges, the
                               challenges actually set in motion the works of grace in our
                               lives.


                               One typical challenge common to many people is weakness.
                               This could be frailty of the body, carnal lifestyle or bad habit.
                               Weakness may even manifest in various other forms, and
                               the cause of weakness may be peculiar with each person.
                               What are the reasons people are weak?


                               i.   Born with It: These are weaknesses found in people
                                    by reason of the Adamic nature and is common with all
                                    human  beings.  Nobody  needs  to  be  taught  these
                                    things before the person finds the nature in him/her.
                                    Take  the  examples  of  stinginess,  pride,  malice,
                                    unforgiving  tendency.  These  are  common  traits  of
                                    natural humanity.


                               ii.  Cultivated through Wrong Associations: As one
                                    grows up in life one comes under various influences
                                    from within and outside one’s home. At school, and in
                                    the neighbourhood, as we mingle in the public space
                                    with  different  types  of  people  with  diverse
                                    worldviews, we inadvertently come under influences,




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