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1 Corinthians 16:23
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The undeserved favour of God be with you, today, this week. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. What wonderful words they are. Paul loved the readers of his letter. This isn't just an empty sentiment. Paul loved the Corinthians. He felt for them, desired the very best for them, wished their blessing every day, and their fruitfulness. Paul loved the people to whom he wrote and who heard his messages. How wonderful to have an apostle in those days like that, to have a husband, a wife, a guide, a teacher, a pastor, who loves the one to whom he speaks, and feels for that person and wants always the very best for that person! My love be with you all. He meant it, in Christ Jesus. When I think of his undeserved favour, of how I was – and I am sure it is the same with you – of how I was plucked out of a life, as a youngster, of unbelief and self-seeking, and brought to see my need of Christ; and the grace and the mercy and forgiveness and the patience the Lord has had with me over the many, many years since that time; and his kindness! May the undeserved kindness and mercy of Christ, purchased on Calvary’s cross, be with you.
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When you think of that, it makes you a forgiving person; a more patient person; a less selfish person; a person more concerned for the work of God, and love for Christ, and prayer meetings, and everything else. Be sensitive to the grace of God, on which you depend. John Cennick wrote: ‘Work in me, lest I harbour pride, Lest I in my own strength confide; Show me my weakness, let me see I have my power, my all, from Thee.’ We depend upon the grace, the undeserved kindness of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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