our God is merciful!
& we are called to reflect His merciful heart!
The more we come to understand how desperately we are in need of God’s grace and mercy, the more we can turn to and accept it from Him!
“None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good, not even one.” Romans 3:9-10
The people next to us don’t need the gospel more than we do; they need it differently. All people sin and fall short. When we humbly admit our need and brokenness, that’s the exact moment we allow Jesus to enter into it and fill it with himself!
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law” 1 Corinthians 15:50
The way we view and understand ourselves in relation to God, will also shape how we view and treat others. It is urgently important that we reflect the true heart of the Lord that is generously merciful and forgiving, rather than judgmental.
but this tends to be easier said than done! our human nature is self-centered and self-focused apart from God’s constantly interceding grace.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy" Matthew 5:7
The good news is that we have God’s amazing, forgiving, rescuing, transforming and delivering Grace available to us through Jesus’ finished and complete work on the cross for us.
The cross is indisputable proof that God loves you because He gave his absolute BEST (His perfect and only son) for you and me !!!!
God delights in pursuing us in the midst of and meeting us in our mess!
"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need" Hebrews 4:16
Confession and Prayer Activity:
Confess our sinful nature, brokenness and desperate need for God
Thank God for the gift of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, and our only hope
Pray and ask God to fill our need, and to give us His heart of love, grace and forgiveness
Pray for our Christian communities: ask for God’s help to cultivate a welcoming, loving and forgiving environment always, and pray for us to always reflect a true “aroma of Christ” in the way we act and speak.
"Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness”
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
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