Todays promise: God is merciful Does God treat you the way you deserve? Praise the Lord, I tell myself; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, I tell myself, and never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He ransoms me from death and surrounds me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagles! The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly. He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious; he is slow to anger and full of unfailing love. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. He has not punished us for all our sins, nor does he deal with us as we desire. For his unfailing love toward those who love him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our rebellious acts as far away from us as the east is from the west. Psalm 103:1-12 NLT About this weeks promise Mercy is compassion, poured out on needy people. But the mercy of God, which he expects us to model, goes one step further. Gods mercy is undeserved favor. Even when we dont deserve mercy, God still extends it to us. Our sin and rebellion against God deserve his punishment; but instead he offers us forgiveness and eternal life. If God was merciful toward us despite our sin, how merciful should we be toward those who have wronged us? From the TouchPoint Bible (Tyndale House) p 1233 TODAYS ENCOURAGING WORD - 12/3/2014 ...Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations. --Revelation 15:3, NLT Free at Last! Being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! Philippians 2:8, NIV Christ made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! (Phil. 2:7-8) How awesome to consider that the Creator of the universe, unbound in time and space for all eternity, chose to be bound by a womans womb for nine months, by the body of a man that knew weariness and hunger, by a Roman cross, with His hands and feet pinned by spikes, by a borrowed tomb . . . Why? So that you and I might be set free from the problems that threaten to bind us and keep us from fulfilling Gods intended purpose for our lives. Praise God! We can be free, truly free at last, from all that binds us, because the One Who is gloriously eternal, unbound by time and space, was willing to be bound!
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:40:23 +0000
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