{"id":258,"date":"2026-05-23T00:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=258"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:49:05","slug":"gods-grace-day-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-23\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 23<br \/>\n<em>And God\u00a0is\u00a0able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all\u00a0things,\u00a0may have an abundance for every good work.<\/em>\u00a0 2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV<\/p>\n<p>Message:<br \/>\nThe Amplified Bible says it this way:<br \/>\n<em>And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work\u00a0and\u00a0act of charity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Believers, stop and think about it.\u00a0 If we are walking with Christ in the Spirit, then we have no need that God will not meet.\u00a0 We will be given favor in all circumstances.\u00a0 We will always have enough to meet our needs, and some left over to bless others.\u00a0 I can testify to this as truth.\u00a0 Many times, I have been close to poverty, but God always met my needs, and I was always able to bless others even though at times I didn\u2019t know how I would be able to, God always came through for me somehow to provide.\u00a0 He is a faithful and true God. He keeps His promises.<\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore know [without any doubt]\u00a0and understand that the\u00a0Lord\u00a0your God, He is God, the faithful God, who is keeping His covenant and His [steadfast] lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;<\/em> Deuteronomy 7:9 AMP<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92023\u00a0 SGLY Ministry\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smilegodlovesyou.org\">www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 23 And God\u00a0is\u00a0able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all\u00a0things,\u00a0may have an abundance for every good work.\u00a0 2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV Message: The Amplified Bible says it this way: And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[149],"tags":[262,265,74,3,263,267,150,264,3527,266,128,30,32,268],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gods-grace","tag-2corinthians-98","tag-abundance","tag-blessings","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-deuteronomy-79","tag-god-is-faithful","tag-gods-grace","tag-grace-abounding","tag-may-2026","tag-meet-needs","tag-provision","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-sufficiency"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG-23-2Corinthians-9.8.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":405,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-2-who-am-i-in-christ-all-sufficient-abounding-abundant\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":0},"title":"July 2&#8211;Who Am I in Christ? &#8212; All Sufficient, Abounding, Abundant","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"July 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In Christ I am: ALL SUFFICIENT, ABOUNDING, ABUNDANT And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. \u00a02 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV In Christ, God is able to: Supply you with all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Who Am I in Christ?&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Who Am I in Christ?","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/who-am-i-in-christ\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ALL_SUFFICIENT-ABOUNDING-ABUNDANT-2Corinthians-9","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ALL_SUFFICIENT-ABOUNDING-ABUNDANT-2Corinthians-9.jpg?fit=422%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1001,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/dec-2-christmas-countdown-day-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":1},"title":"Dec.2-Christmas Countdown\u2014Day 2","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"December 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"ABUNDANCE I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.\u00a0 (The words of Jesus) John 10:10 Today's Thought: Rejoice that you can have abundant life in Christ!\u00a0 Life abundantly here on earth, as well as in heaven someday. 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