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<html><head><title>Blue Letter Bible: Day By Day By Grace — Bob Hoekstra</title>
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<div class="head">Day By Day By Grace</div>
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<div class="subhead">Bob Hoekstra</div>
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<div class="desc-center"><div class="pad2020">December 28</div></div>
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<h1>More on an Invitation to Pray at the Throne of Grace</h1>
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<div class="block"><i>Let us therefore <b>come boldly</b> to the <b>throne</b> of <b>grace</b>, that we may obtain <b>mercy</b> and find <b>grace</b> to <b>help</b> in <b>time</b> of <b>need</b>.</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 4, '16-16');">Hebrews 4:16</a>)</div>
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<p>Seated upon the throne which rules this universe is the sovereign, holy Judge of all humanity. Yet, He is also the <i>"<b>God of all grace</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('1Pe', 5, '10-10');">1 Peter 5:10</a>). All who relate rightly to Him (through humble faith in Jesus Christ) can come boldly to that throne, praying with assurance that <b>mercy</b> and <b>grace</b> will be His response.</p><p>Truly, the Lord Jesus is the reason that we can answer the invitation to <i>"<b>come boldly</b> to the throne of grace."</i> His death on the cross opened the way for us to come into God's presence, allowing us to talk to Him directly in prayer. It is as though the Holy of Holies is now our family den. God is our Father, who delights to commune with His children as we pray to Him: <i>"Therefore, brethren, having <b>boldness</b> to <b>enter</b> the <b>Holiest</b> by the <b>blood</b> of <b>Jesus</b>, by a <b>new</b> and <b>living way</b> which <b>He consecrated for us</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 10, '19-20');">Hebrews 10:19-20</a>). This <i>"<b>new</b> and <b>living way</b>"</i> is the new covenant of grace. It is by the Lord's grace alone that we can come to His throne of grace, that we might live daily by His grace.</p><p>At this inviting throne of God, we <i>"obtain <b>mercy</b>."</i> Mercy is heaven's wondrous companion to grace. Mercy is God's provision for holding back from us the awful things that we actually deserve, due to our sin and rebellion. <i>"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and He will have <b>mercy</b> on him; and to our God, for He will <b>abundantly pardon</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Isa', 55, '7-7');">Isaiah 55:7</a>). Now, each day, His children can benefit from the faithful mercies of God. <i>"Through the <b>Lord's mercies</b> we are not consumed, because His <b>compassions</b> fail not. They are <b>new every morning</b>; great is Your <b>faithfulness</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Lam', 3, '22-23');">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>).</p><p>Also, at this inviting throne of God, we <i>"find <b>grace</b> to <b>help</b> in <b>time</b> of <b>need</b>."</i> Our initial need was for the Lord's <b>saving grace</b>, which brought <b>forgiveness</b> for our <b>ungodliness</b> and made <b>heaven</b> our eternal home. <i>"For by <b>grace</b> you have been <b>saved</b> through <b>faith</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Eph', 2, '8-8');">Ephesians 2:8</a>). Our ongoing need would be for <b>transforming grace</b> for <b>developing</b> a <b>godly life</b> here on <b>earth</b>. <i>"For the <b>grace</b> of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, <b>teaching</b> us that, <b>denying ungodliness</b> and <b>worldly lusts</b>, we should <b>live soberly</b>, <b>righteously</b>, and <b>godly</b> in the <b>present age</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Tts', 2, '11-12');">Titus 2:11-12</a>). In prayer at the throne of grace, we find God's continuing supply of grace. That grace is irreplaceable and sufficient to sustain us through, and use us in, the needy situations we encounter daily at home, work, school, church—wherever.</p>
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<div class="dbdbg_prayer">O Lord, supplier of all mercy and grace, I rejoice that Your mercies are new every day. Have mercy on me, dear Lord! I praise You that Your all-encompassing grace is available through humble, trusting prayer. Pour Your grace out on me, dear Lord!</div></div></div><div class="desc-center"><div class="pad2020"><a href="./devotions/daybyday/12/1227.html">Yesterday's Reading</a>
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