The Grace of God

How determined we are to pursue what it is important? What really matters in the end? When tiredness glimpse on my way I jump in my Father's hands... is the only place that I can move on from the circumstances, from myself and have a real rest.
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I have raised you up for this very purpose of displaying My power in [dealing with] you, so that My name may be proclaimed the whole world over.  — Romans 9:17
If you want victory over something, prepare yourself to work at it. But it is not a matter of depending on yourself, or winning at life through your own determination. God gives us grace to do good works. But grace doesn’t mean that our human flesh gets a free ride while we just lie down and go to sleep.

You are made for good works, to be a servant of righteousness. You are built to take responsibility, and God will help you accomplish all He gives you to do. He set you free from the bondage of sin so that you can conform to His divine will in thought, purpose, and action (See Romans 6:18). Victory is achieved through God’s grace, but you have to choose to trust Him every step of the way.
 
From the book Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year by Joyce Meyer.
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mercy

You greater than my Yesterdays

You hold me close Today

You're the Lord of my Tomorrow's

My heart will always say

Your Mercy save me

Your Mercy made me whole