Grace to help us in our time of need.',

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"Grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:16

The term 'grace' includes the wisdom and strength which may be necessary to enable us to act aright, under all circumstances. 

We daily need grace. 

But there are seasons in which we need grace especially: 
in times of prosperity—to keep us from getting proud and presumptuous; 
in times of adversity—to keep us from complaining or desponding;
in times of temptation—to preserve us from its snares; 
in the time of death—that we may die to the Lord's glory.

Grace is to be had. There is a throne erected on purpose to dispense it. It is given to the most unworthy. It is to be had in answer to prayer. "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."

Let us not attempt anything in our own strength, or imagine that we can accomplish anything by our own wisdom; but let us live under a deep sense . . .
of our need of grace,
of God's willingness to bestow it, and
of the incalculable benefits to be derived from it. 

Thus let us approach the throne of grace, pleading the name of Jesus, so we may be supplied. O for grace . . .
to keep me in health,
to cheer me in sickness,
to make me victorious in death!