{"id":284,"date":"2025-05-30T00:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T04:20:49","slug":"gods-grace-day-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-30\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 30
\nAnd He said to me,\u00a0\u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.\u201d\u00a0Therefore most gladly\u00a0I will rather boast in my infirmities,\u00a0that the power of Christ may rest upon me.<\/em>\u00a0 2Corinthians 12:9 NKJV<\/p>\n

Message:
\n<\/u>God always hears our prayers, and He always answers in some way.\u00a0 Sometimes it\u2019s Yes, sometimes it\u2019s No, and sometimes it\u2019s Not Right Now—Wait Awhile.<\/p>\n

In Paul\u2019s case, God answered \u201cNo\u201d to his request to remove his thorn in the flesh.\u00a0 God told Paul that His grace was sufficient for him, for His strength was made perfect in weakness.\u00a0 Obviously, God had a plan and a reason for doing this for He could have healed Paul, but for some reason, known only to God He chose not to.\u00a0 Did Paul complain or get depressed?\u00a0 No!\u00a0 Paul accepted that answer and rejoiced in it.\u00a0 He said he would therefore boast in his infirmities, so that he could experience more of the power of Christ.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that amazing!<\/p>\n

This is a good verse to memorize and recite to ourselves if we find ourselves in a similar situation to Paul\u2019s.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s grace is sufficient for everything.\u00a0 We are most blessed by His grace and mercy.<\/p>\n

\u00a92023 SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 30 And He said to me,\u00a0\u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.\u201d\u00a0Therefore most gladly\u00a0I will rather boast in my infirmities,\u00a0that the power of Christ may rest upon me.\u00a0 2Corinthians 12:9 NKJV Message: God always hears our prayers, and He always answers in some way.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[302,303,209,3,150,304,3303,301,30,32,300],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gods-grace","tag-2corinthians-129","tag-answers-to-prayers","tag-apostle-paul","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-gods-grace","tag-grace-and-mercy","tag-may-2025","tag-power-of-christ","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-sufficient-grace"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-30-2Corinthians-12.9.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":258,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-23\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":0},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 23","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "God's Grace"","block_context":{"text":"God's Grace","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/gods-grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GG-23-2Corinthians-9.8","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-23-2Corinthians-9.8.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":405,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-2-who-am-i-in-christ-all-sufficient-abounding-abundant\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":1},"title":"July 2–Who Am I in Christ? — 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 "Who Am I in Christ?"","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":252,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":2},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 22","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 22 You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.\u00a0 2 Corinthians 8:9 NLT Today\u2019s verse says it so well.\u00a0 Because Jesus chose to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "God's Grace"","block_context":{"text":"God's Grace","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/gods-grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GG-22-2Corinthians-8.9","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-22-2Corinthians-8.9.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":209,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":3},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 10","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 10 And of His\u00a0fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.\u00a0 For\u00a0the law was given through Moses,\u00a0but\u00a0grace and\u00a0truth came through Jesus Christ.\u00a0\u00a0 John 1:16-17 NKJV Message: I am sharing with you this Commentary on John 1:16 which I found as it explains today\u2019s verse very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "God's Grace"","block_context":{"text":"God's Grace","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/gods-grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GG-10-John-1-16.17","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-10-John-1-16.17.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":288,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-31\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":4},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 31","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 31 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father,\u00a0who has loved us and given\u00a0us\u00a0everlasting consolation and\u00a0good hope by grace,\u00a0comfort your hearts\u00a0and establish you in every good word and work.\u00a0 2Thessalonians 2:16-17 NKJV Message: As we have seen in the verses over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "God's Grace"","block_context":{"text":"God's Grace","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/gods-grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GG-31-2Thessalonians-2-16-17","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-31-2Thessalonians-2-16-17.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":234,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/gods-grace-day-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":284,"position":5},"title":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 17","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"May 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Grace \u00a0 Day 17 But God,\u00a0who is rich in mercy, because of His\u00a0great love with which He loved us,\u00a0even when we were dead in trespasses,\u00a0made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2:4-5 NKJV Message: \u201cBy grace you have been saved\u201d Paul says it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "God's Grace"","block_context":{"text":"God's Grace","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/gods-grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GG-17-Ephjesians-2-4-5","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GG-17-Ephjesians-2-4-5.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}