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Same Lord

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0600

Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:11

D.L. MOODY
Christ is all to us that we make Him to be. I want to emphasize that word all. Some men make Him to be “a root out of a dry ground,” who “hath no form nor comeliness” (Isaiah 53:2). He is nothing to them; they do not want Him. Some Christians have a very small Saviour, for they are not willing to receive Him fully and let Him do great and mighty things for them. Others have a mighty Saviour because they make Him to be great and mighty.

ERWIN LUTZER
I’m sure you have heard it said, “If you are a great sinner, let me recommend a great Savior!” Yes, Christ must be all in all. As believers, our unity in Christ as Savior and Lord must always transcend politics, race, and geography. Division within the church is not new, that’s why Paul had to remind believers that, in Christ, “there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all” (Colossians 3:11). We must hear those words anew today.
One pastor put it this way, “When we gather at the Lord’s table, there are no white spaces, black spaces, or brown spaces.” And I might add, “There are no Democratic spaces, Republican spaces, or politically independent spaces.” We have been bought with the same blood, and we worship the same Lord. And we will share in the same joy in a united heaven for all eternity.

PRAYER
Father, teach me what it means to believe Jesus is all, and in all. Let that be true in my life and in the lives of all who gather in your name.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
All believers are united in Christ and have been baptized by the same Spirit. How are you prioritizing worshipful unity with other believers??

What gets in the way of unity between believers?

Always Righteous

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0500

The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. Romans 7:10–11

D.L. MOODY
A friend in England was telling me that an acquaintance of his, a minister, was once called upon to officiate at a funeral in the place of a chaplain of one of Her Majesty’s prisons who was absent. He noticed that only one solitary man followed the body of the criminal to the grave. When the grave had been covered, this man told the minister that he was an officer of the law whose duty it was to watch the body of the culprit until it was buried out of sight; that was “the end” of the British law.
And that is what the law of God does to the sinner; it brings him right to death, and leaves him there. I pity deep down in my heart those who are trying to save themselves by the law. It never has, it never will, and it never can save the soul.

ERWIN LUTZER
As I’ve mentioned before, God’s law is like a plumb line, showing that a wall is crooked, but it can do nothing to straighten it out. God’s standards have not changed; all the demands of the law are continuously upon us (Romans 8:2; 10:4; Galatians 3:10–14). Living under grace does not mean we can flaunt the law; it means that Christ meets all of the demands of the law for us. And as believers with a new nature, we are to strive to keep the inner meaning of the law. To paraphrase Martin Luther, “O God, I am thy sin, and thou art my righteousness.” But that righteousness must now be wrought within our hearts.

PRAYER
Father, thank you for using the law to show me I need a Savior; now, Lord, work your righteousness in me.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How does the illustration of the plumb line help explain the function of God’s law?

What sins or weaknesses regularly remind you of your need for God’s grace?

The Power of Edification

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

And the brothers there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul thanked God and took courage. Acts 28:15

D.L. MOODY
If you are not able to go and invite the people to hear the gospel, you can give a word of cheer to others, and wish them “Godspeed.” Many a time when I have come down from the pulpit, some old man, trembling on the very verge of another world, living perhaps on borrowed time, has caught hold of my hand, and in a quavering voice said, “God bless you!”
How the words have cheered and helped me! You can speak a word of encouragement to younger friends if you are too feeble to work yourselves.

ERWIN LUTZER
Words, either good or bad, have tremendous power. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits” (Proverbs 18:21). We can use words to either build or destroy, to bless or to curse. One negative comment can undo a thousand positive words.
Paul says, “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up” (Ephesians 4:29). If you want to effect change in someone’s life, positive speech is better than negative speech. Even criticism can be couched in the language of helpfulness rather than the language of condemnation.
Like Barnabas, may we also be known as sons and daughters of “encouragement” and speak words of hope, of appreciation, and use our tongues to motivate people toward achievement and blessing (Acts 4:36). As Moody said, let us bless the younger generation.

PRAYER
Father, today, let the words of my mouth bring hope and encouragement to all I meet.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How has the Lord used others to encourage you in your walk with Him through life?

What can you do to allow for more opportunities to encourage and edify others more?

Bitterness and Faith

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden
in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8

D.L. MOODY
A rule I have had for years is to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. It is not a creed, a mere empty doctrine, but it is Christ Himself we have. The moment we receive Christ, we should receive Him as a friend. When I go away from home, I bid my wife and children goodbye, I bid my friends and acquaintances goodbye; but I never heard of a poor backslider going down on his knees and saying: “I have been near you for ten years. Your service has become tedious and monotonous. I have come to bid you farewell. Goodbye, Lord Jesus Christ!”
I never heard of one doing this. I will tell you how they go away; they just run away.

ERWIN LUTZER
The word deconstruction we hear about today can refer to people who leave the Christian faith. I know children who were raised in the church, they memorized all the verses, they may have even professed some kind of faith in Christ. And yet, they have walked away from the faith—often they are bitter. Believe it or not, this is not a new phenomenon.
But even so, I think Moody was right to say that backsliders do not say goodbye to Christ even if they might say goodbye to the church. Here is a challenge for us, “And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear” (Jude 1:22–23). We need God’s wisdom as to how to respond to those who have left the faith. Each situation is different; and yes, our response should best reflect their situation and needs.

PRAYER
Father, help me to have mercy on those who have walked away from the faith and help them to return.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Is there any bitterness in your heart that needs to be cut out by the Lord?

Have you struggled with your faith? What in God’s Word comforted you?

Rest From Your Labors

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!" Revelation 14:13

D.L. MOODY
Think of Paul up yonder. People are going up every day and hour, men and women who have been brought to Christ through Paul’s writings. He set streams in motion that have flowed on for more than a thousand years. I can imagine men going up to him and saying, “Paul, I thank you for writing that letter to the Ephesians; I found Christ in that.” “Paul, I thank you for writing that epistle to the Corinthians.” “Paul, I found Christ in that epistle to the Philippians.” “I thank you, Paul, for that epistle to the Galatians; I found Christ in that.”
When Paul was put in prison, he did not fold his hands and sit down in idleness! No, he began to write. His epistles have come down through the ages and brought thousands on thousands to knowledge of Christ crucified.

ERWIN LUTZER
Like a pebble thrown into the water, the ripple goes all the way to shore, just so, the deeds we do have eternal repercussions. We might not all be writers as was the apostle Paul but, nevertheless, our impact never ends. Everything we do for God is eternally preserved.
God never allows us to see all the good we do. We just have the bits and pieces of our own experience, but we are influencing those around us in ways that are unknown to us. No good deed is lost, and what we consider to be a meager though positive influence, might be much greater than we can ever imagine.

PRAYER
Father, I thank you for any good deeds I have done that have impacted others. And thank you for those whose works have followed them to glory.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Read Matthew 25:35-40. How does this passage highlight the eternal repercussions of our actions?

How are you praying for God to use your good works for His glory and for His kingdom?

The Greatest Miracle

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3

D.L. MOODY
If the words of this text are true, they embody one of the most solemn questions. We can afford to be deceived about many things rather than about this one thing. Christ makes it very plain. He says, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”—much less inherit it.
This doctrine of the new birth is therefore the foundation of all our hopes for the world to come. It is really the A B C of the Christian religion. My experience has been this—that if a man is unsound on this doctrine he will be unsound on almost every other fundamental doctrine in the Bible. A true understanding of this subject will help a man to solve a thousand difficulties he may meet with the Word of God. Things that before seemed very dark and mysterious will become very plain.

ERWIN LUTZER
We did not choose to be born physically, and this birth is described as being from “corruptible seed” (1 Peter 1:23, KJV), meaning we were born with a sin nature. Jesus taught we must be born again by God. Speaking of this new birth we read, “who were born, not of blood [not by our parents] nor of the will of the flesh [it was not because of your will power] nor of the will of man [it was not because of the will of others], but of God” (John 1:13). Our decision to receive Christ as Savior was the result of our Heavenly Father’s work in our hearts. A miracle indeed.
To summarize: The Word of God combined with the Spirit of God, creates within us the life of God. As Moody said, this divine work is foundational to all the hopes we have for the world to come.

PRAYER
Father, thank you for making me alive in Christ. Thank you that I have been born again by faith in Christ!

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What does it mean to be “born again?” What does the Bible say?

Why does Moody say that understanding what it means to be "born again" shapes how we understand the rest the Bible?

Water That Satisfies

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink." John 7:37

D.L. MOODY
How this world is thirsting for something that will satisfy! What fills the places of amusement, the dance houses, the music halls, and the theatres, night after night? Men and women are thirsting for something they have not got. The moment a man turns his back upon God, he begins to thirst, and that thirst will never be quenched until he returns to “the fountain of living waters.” As the prophet Jeremiah tells us in 2:13, we have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and hewn out for ourselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. There is a thirst this world can never quench: the more we drink of its pleasures, the thirstier we become. We cry out for more and more, and we are, all the while, being dragged down lower and lower. But there is a fountain opened to the House of David for sin and for uncleanness. Let us press up to it and drink and live.

ERWIN LUTZER
Israel had exchanged the living God for gods that don’t really exist. In the process, they became slaves to themselves, their insatiable lusts, desires, and attitudes. The sooner we learn that the wells of the world are dry, the better we will get on with turning to God again and again for our sense of satisfaction and identity.
Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts,
Thou fount of life, Thou light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts,
We turn unfilled to Thee again.

PRAYER
Father, forgive me for seeking satisfaction in empty cisterns; quench my thirst with your true fulfillment.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What does it mean to drink from the water of Christ?

Where are you most tempted to look for fulfillment apart from God?

Dying Grace

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9

D.L. MOODY
I find many Christians worry about the future; they think they will not have grace enough to die by. It is much more important that we should have grace enough to live by. It seems to me that death is of very little importance in the meantime. When the dying hour comes, there will be dying grace; but you do not require dying grace to live by. If I am going to live for fifteen or twenty years, what do I want with dying grace? I am far more anxious about having grace enough for my present work.
I have sometimes been asked if I had grace enough to enable me to go to the stake and die as a martyr. No; what do I want with a martyr’s grace? I do not like suffering, but if God should call on me to die a martyr’s death, He would give me martyrs’ grace. If I have to pass through some great affliction, I know God will give me grace when the time comes; but I do not want it till it comes.

ERWIN LUTZER
Corrie Ten Boom, who survived Nazi concentration camps, was about six years old when she told her father she was afraid of death. He responded, “Corrie, when you and I go to Amsterdam—when do I give you your ticket?” She replied, “Why, just before we get on the train.” He was making the point that we don’t need dying grace until our time comes to die. As Moody said, we would even have martyr’s grace if we were led to the stake to be killed for our faith. We have sufficient grace for today; fresh grace will be given to us tomorrow.

PRAYER
Father, teach us to receive grace for each moment. Let the burdens of tomorrow be borne with tomorrow’s grace.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Do you believe that God will give you the grace to suffer for His name?

How often do you pray for the Lord to be glorified in your suffering?

Praying With Purpose

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Nehemiah 1:11

D.L. MOODY
When Nehemiah began to pray, I have no idea whether he thought he himself was to be the instrument in God’s hand of the rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. But when a man gets into sympathy and harmony with God, then God prepares him for the work He has for him. No doubt he thought the Persian king might send one of his great warriors and accomplish the work with a great army of men; but after he had been praying for months, it may be, the thought flashed into his mind: “Why shouldn’t I go to Jerusalem myself and build those walls?”
Prayer for the work will soon arouse your own sympathy and effort.

ERWIN LUTZER
People ask, “Why pray for missionaries? Can’t God bless them without our prayers?” The answer is, of course, absolutely! Thankfully, He often blesses them even when we neglect to pray for them. But the purpose of prayer is not just to ask God to change circumstances; the purpose is to have our prayers change us. Even more important, prayer is intended to help us reenter into a time of fellowship with God.
As Moody pointed out in the case of Nehemiah, God used his prayer to recruit him to be a part of the answer. Prayer is asking God, “What will you have me to do?” And, as I like to emphasize, never interpret the silence of God as the indifference of God. God’s work may be invisible to us, but behind the scenes, He is putting events in place to accomplish His purpose.
“The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” (James 5:16).

PRAYER
Father, my heart longs to be prepared for all you want me to do.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What is your greatest struggle with prayer?

In your prayer life, which do you focus on more: asking God to change your circumstances or allowing Him to change you?

Wearing Humilty

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 1 Peter 5:5

D.L. MOODY
Some years ago, I saw what is called a sensitive plant. I happened to breathe on it, and suddenly it drooped its head; I touched it, and it withered away. Humility is as sensitive as that; it cannot safely be brought out on exhibition. A man who is flattering himself that he is humble and is walking close to the Master, is self-deceived. Humility consists not in thinking meanly of ourselves, but in not thinking of ourselves at all. Moses did not know that his face shone. If humility speaks of itself, it is gone.

ERWIN LUTZER
The idea of a proud, arrogant Christian is an oxymoron, or at least it should be. Yet, I have met Christians who ooze a sense of superiority, a need for attention and constant praise. But the root of all other sins is pride. We might do well to practice the discipline of fasting, both to show how desperately we need God and to also search our souls for unacknowledged pride. David wrote, “I humbled my soul with fasting” (Psalm 35:13, KJV). To fast is to fall on our knees with prayer, asking God to search us first before we make our petitions for others. We come to God with our great need; but we should leave our prayer time focused on our great God.
A judgmental, self-righteous attitude has created great harm within the church and to the unbelieving world. We must engage the world with humility, giving a reason for the hope within us (1 Peter 3:15). We do it with meekness and fear rather than judgmentalism and superiority. I read that when pride walks onto the platform, God walks off.

PRAYER
Father, by your grace, I choose the path of humility, not self-promotion.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
In what ways is God calling you to humbly engage in the world?

Why is it that pride get in the way of our relationship with God?

Leading People To Christ

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30

D.L. MOODY
If we have known Jesus Christ for years, and have not been able to introduce an anxious soul to Him, there has been something wrong somewhere. If we were full of grace, we should be ready for any call that comes to us. Paul said, when he had that famous interview with Christ on the way to Damascus, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” (Acts 9:6). Isaiah said, “Here am I; send me” (Isaiah 6:8). No man can tell what he can do until he moves forward. If we do that in the name of God, instead of there being a few scores or hundreds converted, there will be thousands flocking into the kingdom of God. Remember that we honor God when we ask for great things. It is a humiliating thing to think we are satisfied with very small results.

ERWIN LUTZER
As an evangelist speaking to tens of thousands, Moody led multitudes to faith in Christ. Clearly, that is not what you and I are gifted to do. But we can share the gospel individually, seeking opportunities to lead people to faith in Christ.
Here are some questions I’ve often shared to begin a spiritual conversation. Ask, “Where are you on your spiritual journey?” Then follow up with other questions on why they hold the beliefs they do. Or you might want to ask, “What is your idea of God?” Again let them tell you where they stand, spiritually speaking. Don’t feel you must be quick to rebuke them, rather ask clarifying questions and how their beliefs have helped them. Then tell them about your belief in Christ and the promises of eternal life He offers.
Sow the seed. Trust God for the harvest.

PRAYER
Father, open opportunities for me to be used by you to influence others for the gospel and for eternity.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Who has God placed in your life that needs to hear the gospel?

What fear, excuse, or obstacle is keeping you from engaging in gospel conversations?

Perfection Realized

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. James 2:10

D.L. MOODY
The Ten Commandments are not ten different laws; they are one law. If I am being held up in the air by a chain with ten links and I break one of them, down I come just as surely as if I broke the whole ten. If I am forbidden to go out of an enclosure, it makes no difference at what point I break through the fence. “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” The golden chain of obedience is broken if one link is missing.

ERWIN LUTZER
This statement from James indicts all of us. It shatters every deception of self-righteousness and humbles all of us who think we are better than others. True, it is better to be a decent citizen than a criminal, but we all stand in need of abundant grace. We are all guilty of breaking all of the commandments.
Our problem? Nobody can get to heaven unless he is as perfect as God. No one understood this better than Martin Luther who spent hours in confession, trying to make sure that each sin he had committed was forgiven. But then he saw the answer to his quest: we receive the righteousness of Christ by faith.
As we sing;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
To break one commandment is to break them all; but Christ fulfilled the law perfectly and we receive His righteous obedience and sacrifice.

PRAYER
Father, thank you for Jesus, who took my sin on the cross and gave me His righteousness, so that you now see me as perfect in Him.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How does the law expose our need for a Savior?

Are you relying on your own goodness, or on Christ's perfect righteousness?

The Sound of Hymns

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" Luke 2:13–14

D.L. MOODY
I have read that on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, the wives of fishermen whose husbands have gone far out upon the deep are in the habit of going down to the seashore at night and singing the first verse of some beautiful hymn. After they have sung it, they listen until they hear, brought on the wind across the sea, the second verse sung by their brave husbands—and both are happy. Perhaps, if we would listen, we too might hear on this storm-tossed world of ours some sound, some whisper, born from afar to tell us there is a heaven which is our home; and when we sing our hymns upon the shores of the Earth, perhaps we may hear their sweet echoes breaking in music upon the sands of time and cheering the hearts of those who are pilgrims and strangers along the way.

ERWIN LUTZER
Interestingly, Moody saw the need for singing in the midst of the storms of life. This is excellent advice because singing hymns does lift our souls to God, and there is no time when we need such faith as when we are in a storm. Storms come in many different forms, and almost always in the most inopportune of times.
I’ve noticed this: As older believers struggle with dementia, they are often still able to quietly sing hymns they learned earlier in life. If we want to prepare for eternity, today would be an excellent time to either review the lyrics of hymns we know or learn those classic hymns so often neglected today.
Let us learn to sing amid the storms of life.

PRAYER
Father, may the song of my heart be focused on you on this daily pilgrimage. May I find peace in the incarnate Christ, bringing you much glory.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
Why do you think the angels gave glory to God at the birth of Christ?

When facing difficulty, is worship one of your first responses?

Drinking Freely From The Water of Life

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1

D.L. MOODY
I pity those people who are all the time looking to see what they will have to give up. God wants to bestow His marvelous grace on His people, and there is not a soul who has believed on Jesus for whom God has not an abundance of grace in store.
What would you say of a man dying of thirst on the banks of a beautiful river with the stream flowing past his feet? You would think he was mad! The river of God’s grace flows on without ceasing; why should we not partake of it, and go on our way rejoicing?

ERWIN LUTZER
Centuries ago, Blaise Pascal, a French theologian, wrote about our inborn desire to find hope and meaning, and concluded, “the infinite abyss can only be filled by an infinite and immutable object, that is to say, only by God Himself.”
When Jesus was at the Feast of Tabernacles, He watched the people bringing jugs of water as a part of their prescribed ritual, yet, they were missing the deeper meaning of their worship. Hear Him, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:37–38).
Just as water is needed for physical life, so living water is needed for spiritual life. We may come for an initial drink, but then we come again and again to partake of God’s grace and the power of the Holy Spirit!

PRAYER
Father, teach me to drink from the fountain of living water so my soul can be refreshed.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How does Jesus fulfill the invitation found in Isaiah 55:1?

In what ways have you experienced the living water that God provides?

All We Need

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer (media@moodychurch.org) — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

D.L. MOODY
Look at these words carefully. It does not say He will supply our wants. There are many things we want that God has not promised to give. It is our need, and all our need.
My children often want many things they do not get; but I supply all they need if it is in my power to do it. I do not supply all their wants by any means. And so, though God may withhold from us many things we desire, He will supply all our need. There can come upon us no trouble or trial in this life, but God has grace enough to carry us right through it, if we will only go to Him and get it. But we must ask for it day by day. “As thy days, so shall thy strength be” (Deuteronomy 33:25).

ERWIN LUTZER
God will give us what we need when we need it, and often not before. The apostle Paul was given a thorn in the flesh to keep him humble; it could have been any kind of weakness, insult, hardship, persecution, or calamity (2 Corinthians 12:7–10). Paul specifically prayed three times “that it should leave” him.
God said no to what Paul wanted, but God gave him what he needed, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9). In effect, God said, “I’m not giving you what you want, but I am giving you what you need.” You will have grace to bear your burden.
As Moody said, there is often a vast difference between what we want and what we need. Grace is a wonderful pillow upon which many a weary traveler has laid his head. Sufficient grace comes with sufficient faith.

PRAYER
Father, may I rest in your sufficient grace with my wants and my needs.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What is it that we ultimately need from God?

Have you ever looked back and realized God's "no" was actually a blessing?