Do you need encouragement today?
If you feel like giving up, God is with you. He understands your situation completely because Jesus felt like giving up too. He will help you stand firm with His sustaining grace. If you stumble, He will lift you up.
You don't deserve it, and you can't earn it. His grace is a free gift.
God's sustaining grace gives you wisdom when you're tempted. The Bible promises that God will provide a way of escape when you're tempted. It may mean turning off your favorite show. It may mean leaving a situation. It may mean changing the way you're thinking. God will provide a way for you to escape temptation.
God's sustaining grace gives you energy when you're tired. Have you noticed the easy thing and the right thing are not always the same thing? God gives you the power to do the right thing when you're exhausted.
God's sustaining grace gives you comfort when you're troubled. God is with us through the suffering and the pain. These seasons are temporary, and eventually you will be fully restored. God will use you to comfort others out of the comfort you have received from Him. God's sustaining grace will work in you, and then it will work through you.
Everything you are experiencing in life—both the highs and the lows—is under God's control. He is the one who is able to sustain you through His grace. 
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Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church, one of America's largest and most influential churches. He is the author of the New York Times' bestseller The Purpose Driven Life. His book The Purpose Driven Church was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. Pastor Rick started The PEACE Plan to show the local church how God works through ordinary people to address the five global giants of spiritual emptiness, self-serving leadership, poverty, disease and illiteracy. You can listen to Daily Hope, Pastor Rick's daily 25-minute audio teaching, or sign up for his free daily devotionals at pastorrick.com. He is also the founder of pastors.com, a global online community created to encourage pastors.
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