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b'I sometimes struggle with the fact that God offers the same kind of grace\\nand love to someone who has hurt me as He does to me. I mean\\u2026that person\\ndoesn\\u2019t deserve all that, do they? Maybe you are the kind of person who\\ngoes out of your way to do nice things for others. And then you have\\nsomeone in your life who only thinks about their own needs. Does it bother\\nyou when you realize that God loves them just as much as He loves you, and\\nHe wants to accept them into His family too? We are all equal. We might\\nfeel like we\\u2019re better than some of those around us. We might feel worse.\\nBut we all have the same value in God\\u2019s eyes. The death of Jesus on the\\ncross was not just for me or you or certain people who are \\u201cgood\\u201d or\\n\\u201cworthy\\u201d of being saved. There was a criminal dying on the cross next to\\nJesus\\u2019s, and he said, \\u201cJesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom\\u201d\\n(Luke 23:42). Jesus replied, \\u201cTruly I tell you, today you will be with me\\nin paradise\\u201d (Luke 23:43). The truth is, we are all sinful. We could never\\ndo enough good things to earn God\\u2019s grace. That\\u2019s not how grace works. God\\nloves us with a never-ending love, a love that isn\\u2019t affected by what we do\\nright or what we do wrong. And when we realize this is how God loves and\\naccepts us, it becomes easier for us to accept others\\u2026and to admit our\\nown faults. We are not better than others. We struggle too. We need God\\u2019s\\ngrace. Without Jesus giving His life for sinners, we would not have the\\nhope of eternity. We are just like those who hurt us, those who look out\\nonly for themselves. All of us are unworthy. But Jesus is the Worthy One\\n(Revelation 5:1-12). He went to the cross and rose from the dead so that\\nEVERYONE who puts their trust in Him can be counted worthy in God\\u2019s sight.\\n\\u2022 Emily Acker \\u2022 Do you ever struggle with thinking that you\\u2019re better than\\nothers? Jesus invites us to bring these thoughts to Him. He won\\u2019t condemn\\nus; He will help us turn away from sin and live in His love. \\u2022 Do you\\nsometimes feel like you\\u2019re not worthy of God\\u2019s love and forgiveness? You\\ncan bring these thoughts to Jesus too. According to today\\u2019s Bible passages,\\nwhat does Jesus say about you? For the grace of God has appeared that\\noffers salvation to all people. Titus 2:11 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nRom.3.23-Rom.3.24|Eph.2.1-Eph.2.9|Titus.2.11'