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Guest Post From Mark Batterson

Today we have a guest blog from Mark Batterson. Mark is lead pastor for National Community Church in Washington DC. He is the author of Circle Maker, and Wild Goose Chase and others (Note: This post was lost in the “Crash” of our website. I wanted to bring it back. It was originally posted in 2012)

 

We tend to think of mercy and grace as the same thing so we praise God for one thing instead of two!  Mercy is NOT getting what you deserve–the wrath of God.  Grace is getting what you DON’T deserve–the righteousness of Christ.  So grateful for both!

I think we sometimes fall into trap of thinking we should need God’s grace less and less. It’s not true. I need God’s grace more and more.  Hopefully we need God’s forgiving grace less as God sanctifies us.  But that is just one dimension of His amazing grace.  I need his gifting grace and empowering grace more and more because I’m in over my head. I keenly aware of the fact that I need his grace more today than I did yesterday.  And I’ll need it more tomorrow than I did today.

I love the exhortation in Hebrews 4:16: “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace that we might receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

How to see more answers to prayer

I made a less than 2 minute video to give you a thought on how to see more answers to prayer. This may be one simple way to see more of the activity of God in your life. Seeing more of God creates an adventure that we were all designed to live.

 

Using Time Travel in Prayer (Updated)

Your time is very precious. Moses made this prayer: “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalms 90:12) If we are to live well we must respect the time that we are given. I made a video showing to take advantage of this though prayer by doing a little time travel.

Darren Hardy, the publisher of Success Magazine does a great job helping us picture this idea in this short video.

 

Will you take advantage of some of the moments that you have today to invest in your future through prayer? The fuse of your life has been lit! Let’s use our time wisely.