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<p>&quot;May grace </strong>and peace <strong>be multiplied unto you</strong>.&quot;<br />
  2 Peter 1:2<br />
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  When we see and feel<strong> how</strong> <strong>we need grace every <br />
    moment in our lives</strong>, we at once perceive the beauty in <br />
  asking for an abundant, overflowing measure of grace. <br />
  <br />
  We cannot walk the length of the street without sin. <br />
  <br />
  Our carnal minds, our vain imaginations, are all on the<br />
  lookout for evil. Sin presents itself at every avenue, and<br />
  lurks like the prowling night-thief for every opportunity <br />
  of secret plunder. In fact, in ourselves, in our fallen nature, <br />
  <strong>except as restrained and influenced by grace</strong>, we sin with <br />
  well near every breath that we draw. We need, therefore, <br />
  grace upon grace, or, in the words of the text, grace to be <br />
  &quot;multiplied&quot; in proportion to our sins. Shall I say in <br />
  proportion? No! If sin abounds, as to our shame and sorrow <br />
  we know it does, <strong>we need grace to much more abound!</strong><br />
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  When the 'tide of sin' flows in with its muck and mire, <br />
  we need the 'tide of grace' to flow higher still, to carry <br />
  out the slime and filth into the depths of the ocean, <br />
  so that when sought for, they may be found no more. <br />
  <br />
  <strong>We need grace, free grace . . .</strong><br />
  grace today,<br />
  grace tomorrow,<br />
  grace this moment,<br />
  grace the next,<br />
  grace all the day long.<br />
  <br />
  <strong>We need grace, free grace . . .<br />
    </strong>healing grace,<br />
  reviving grace,<br />
  restoring grace,<br />
  saving grace,<br />
  sanctifying grace. <br />
  <br />
  And all this multiplied by all our . . .<br />
  wants and woes,<br />
  sins,<br />
  slips,<br />
  falls, and<br />
  unceasing and aggravated backsliding. <br />
  <br />
  <strong>We need grace, free grace . . .</strong><br />
  grace to believe,<br />
  grace to hope,<br />
  grace to love,<br />
  grace to fight,<br />
  grace to conquer,<br />
  grace to stand,<br />
  grace to live,<br />
  grace to die. <br />
  <br />
  <strong>Every moment of our lives we need . . .</strong><br />
  keeping grace,<br />
  supporting grace,<br />
  upholding grace, <br />
  withholding grace.<br />
  <br />
  <strong>&quot;May grace </strong>and peace <strong>be multiplied unto you</strong>.&quot;<br />
  2 Peter 1:2
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