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DON'T RUN IN VAIN!-2

TEXT: 1 Corinthians 9:26 

*Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.* 

Apostle Paul was very  determined never to run or labour in vain concerning his ministry that he was so certain about the crown and the joy awaiting  him in heaven over the souls he has laboured on.

For instance in Philippians 2:16, Apostle Paul encouraged his followers to hold fast the word of life, that he may rejoice in the day of Christ so that he wouldn't have ran in vain or labored in vain.

He also wrote about not receiving God's grace in vain in 2 Corinthians 6:1: "We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain."

As you approach  year 2026, the Lord would have you know that every of your engagement must be very strategic, even the grace (favour) that God bestowed upon you must not be in vain.

In 2026, there must not be labour lost, no wastage of the grace and mercy of God upon your life. Enough of just talking about the grace and mercy that God has bestowed upon you. It is time to give back to the Lord.

Apostle Paul received great grace and mercy from the Lord, in turn, he gave so much to the Lord as well.

For instance, for the grace he received, he laboured more, and for the mercy he received, he fainted not. He never received anything in vain.

He said, in 2 Corinthians 4:1 "... seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;(2 Corinthians 4:1). Also in 1 Corinthians 15:10, he wrote thus:
"...By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."

 *Though you can't pay God for his grace and mercy upon your life, but you must decide never to receive  His grace and mercy in Vain.* There must be a manifest evidence of God's grace and mercy in your life, lest you have received them in vain.

 *In 2026, there shall be no labour lost in your life in Jesus name.* 

Every grace and mercy you have received, and  that which you shall receive shall bear fruit in righteousness  in Jesus name.

 *BIBLE READING:* 

1 Corinthians 9:24-27.

 *PRAYER FOCUS:* 

Father LORD, I receive grace to wisely invest all of your grace and mercy upon my life in Jesus name.

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