Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, September 4th.

God's grace is greatest in our worst moments.

Let's learn how the Heavenly Father is sufficient for us in every circumstance.

If it is grace and grace is the love of God and his goodness and mercy taught us without regard to worth or merit

and in spite of what we deserve is there anything that could hinder the grace of God if it's not dependent

upon my works or dependent upon anything

within me. Well yes there is. Now I want you to turn if you will to James

chapter 4 and I want us to read the first six verses of this chapter And in this chapter he begins by talking about

some major problems that people have and how the flesh operates in our life and so

he begins by saying what is the source of quarrels and conflicts among

you is not the source your pleasures that wage war and your members you lust and do not

have so you commit murder and you're envious and cannot obtain so you fight and quarrel.

You do not have because you do not ask.

You ask and do not receive because you ask with wrong motives so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

You adultresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward

God?

Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Or do you think that the scripture speaks to no purpose?

He jealously desires the spirit which he has made to dwell in us.

But he gives a greater grace, therefore it says, God is opposed to the

proud but gives grace to the humble. Now he states here very clearly, the one thing that hinders the flow of grace in our

heart is pride. It isn't some other sin, it's pride because all other sins that a person commits shouts this loud and clearly.

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