November 19, we all need help. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace,

that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need, Hebrews 416.

Every one of us needs help.

We are not God.

We have needs.

We have weaknesses.

We have confusion.

We have limitations of all kinds.

We need help.

But every one of us has something else.

We have sins.

And therefore, at the bottom of our hearts, we know that we do not deserve the help we need.

And so we feel trapped.

I need help to live my life and to handle death and to cope with eternity,

help with my family, my spouse, my children, my loneliness, my job, my health, my finances.

I need help, but I don't deserve the help I need.

So what can I do?

I can try to deny it all and be a Superman or a superwoman

who doesn't need any help,

or I can try to drown it all and throw my life into a pool of sensual pleasures,

or I can simply give way to the paralysis of despair.

But God declares over this hopeless situation, Jesus Christ became a high priest to shatter that

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