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How do we know that God's grace is sufficient for us?

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God's grace is demonstrated as sufficient through biblical examples like Paul's thorn in the flesh, where God assured him of His grace during struggles (2 Corinthians 12:9).

God's assurance of grace being sufficient is vividly illustrated in Paul's experience with his thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:9). Despite Paul's earnest prayers for its removal, God’s response was that His grace was sufficient for him. This teaches us that in times of affliction, rather than viewing our struggles through the lens of inadequate faith or sinfulness, we should embrace the sufficiency of God's grace, which sustains and strengthens us in our trials. It also reminds us that our reliance must be on what God is doing, not on our conditions.
Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 12:9, Nehemiah 8:10, Ephesians 2:8-9, Exodus 16:4-35, Exodus 33:12-19, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Corinthians 1:4-9, Romans 14:14-23, 2 Peter 1:5-8, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Joshua 7:1-26, Genesis 45:5, Psalm 3, Romans 8:38-39, Ephesians 2:5, Philippians 4:19, Exodus 33:19, Romans 3:23-26, Psalm 68:10, Genesis 48, 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, Exodus 2:11-12, Luke 14:13-14, 1 Corinthians 15:10, John 1:16, Philippians 1:6, Romans 8:26-27, Zechariah 4:7, Jude 1:24-25, 2 Corinthians 9:8, John 15:5, Song of Solomon 2, 2 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:23-25, James 1:2-6, Romans 8:28, Romans 7:7, Ephesians 1:7, James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:10

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