*ABUNDANT GRACE.*(Series 4) *Scripture Reading:* 2 Corinthians 9:8 *"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."*(NIV) Continuation from where I stopped yesterday. What is put forth in grace is the strength of Almighty God. That is why Paul speaks about ‘all’ grace. He means all sorts of grace, all the resources of grace, of the invincible power and might and energy of divinity. When we claim that our lives have been touched by grace and that we are being kept by grace we are not saying that we are in the grip of a great attitude, or have become the objects of a wonderful mood, but we are in the grip of the might of the Creator of the heavens and the earth. *The one who raised the dead has us in his hand and no man can pluck us from there.* Why? men say, if all this is true, then these Christians can just live as they please because it is all of grace. If our salvation and preservation has nothing to do with a man’s merit then we can please ourselves how we live.” But look at the words of our text, those who have received God’s abundant grace manifest it by doing abundant good works. In this year 2024, you will abound in every good work.” It will happen. It must take place in Jesus Christ name. Amen! You know that there are certain things that are foreordained. We think of our conversion, and it was predestined. Sometimes when we pass through great trials, and when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death we comfort ourselves knowing that it is appointed unto men once to die. Our loved ones were keeping an appointment God had made with them. Maybe that is our only comfort, that this was a foreordained death, that the grave does not fill by chance but by the decree of our loving Father. If it were accident or fate we would be justified in fretting, but God did it. *Yet there is something else God foreordained and that is the good works of all his people.* Let us be clear about this, that unless we can infer from our lives that we are being divinely energised to do good works, and to abound in them, then who can confess whether that great grace God has ever gripped us and pardoned us for our sins? What right do we have today to imagine that we have some great heavenly prospects lying before us if our lives are not characterised by zeal in good works? *We are not saved by good works but by the Lord Jesus Christ. But all who are saved by the Lord Jesus are saved unto good works. It is absolutely integral to the grace of God that those whose lives have been affected by grace, show it by a totally new attitude to the world, to the congregation, to their neighbours and to their enemies.* To be continue tomorrow morning by God's Grace. Good morning and do have a great day, peace. *Prayer point:* I will abound in every good work. It will happen. It will take place by the help of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ name. Amen! T.S. AFOLAYAN