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- 0:04Pastor Robert Young: Today's scripture is coming from the book of Titus, chapter two, verses eleven through twelve.
- 0:13Pastor Robert Young: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions.
- 0:25Pastor Robert Young: We often feel the pressure to be better, try harder, or fix ourselves.
- 0:33Pastor Robert Young: But the scripture never asks us to transform ourselves through human effort.
- 0:39Pastor Robert Young: God knows our limits.
- 0:41Pastor Robert Young: His grace doesn't just forgive, it steps in where our strength ends.
- 0:48Pastor Robert Young: Grace becomes our teacher, our strength, and our inner transformation.
- 0:55Pastor Robert Young: We don't rise to God's standards by human effort.
- 0:59Pastor Robert Young: God lifts us into the life we could never reach on our own.
- 1:08Pastor Robert Young: Let's take three minutes to reflect on the following question.
- 1:14Pastor Robert Young: Where do you feel like you're trying to change yourself without God's help?
- 4:26Pastor Robert Young: I don't rely on my own strength.
- 4:29Pastor Robert Young: God's grace is working in me and for me.
- 4:34Pastor Robert Young: Again, I don't rely on my own strength.
- 4:39Pastor Robert Young: God's grace is working in me and for me.
- 4:49Pastor Robert Young: Our closing prayer.
- 4:52Pastor Robert Young: Father, I confess that I often try to change myself by my own effort.
- 4:59Pastor Robert Young: Teach me, Lord, to depend on your grace instead of my own strength.
- 5:05Pastor Robert Young: Shape my heart, renew my mind, and transform my life in ways I never could.
- 5:12Pastor Robert Young: I receive your help now in Jesus' name.
- 5:18Pastor Robert Young: Amen.