The Untapped Fount of Grace & Mercy

Grace & Mercy that is New Every Morning

In an age of Smartphones and information at our fingertips, it is hard not to be in the habit of checking our phones as soon as we wake up.  Yet, we are missing out on apprehending God's mercies which are new every morning.  When we fill our thoughts first thing with the thief of joy, comparison or the creator of anxiety, news headlines, we will not experience God's mercy because we have essentially turned our focus away from God and placed it squarely on the world.

Instead, what if first thing every morning we asked the Lord for His tender mercies which are promised new every morning and for a fresh infilling of His Grace to walk in and to share.  What if we prayed that the Lord would help us to put off the old man with his sinful desires, and daily put on the new man with his compassion, kindness, humility, forgiveness and love, and that we would do everything in the name of the Lord, walking in wisdom and having speech that is gracious, seasoned with salt.

Walking in Grace & Mercy

When you practice this spiritual discipline each morning, you will notice something amazing!  Your list of besetting sins will shrink.  Having left your spiritual walk in the Lord's hands every morning to work through you, you will no longer be trying and failing miserably each day, but instead, you will be trusting the Holy Spirit to live and move through you - and He will!

You will find yourself heeding the Holy Spirit's prompts to "zip it!" when tempted to retort back when challenged.  Your thoughts will be His thoughts and it will show in your conversations.

No  longer will you strive "to be obedient", but instead you will acknowledge His Grace and indeed walk in His grace - the Grace that He promises IS sufficient.  Not  may be sufficient...

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 

2 Corinthians 12:9

GRACE 

the free and unmerited favor of God

A Prayer for Mercy

When you pray God's tender mercies over every aspect of your life, this Truth will permeate your soul and help you to rest in those mercies.

His mercies which ARE new every morning.  Not might be new every morning...

The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:23

MERCY

God's covenant lovingkindness

There is Freedom in Grace & Mercy

Grace and Mercy, are the key to living in freedom, freedom in Christ.

Freedom from doing things in your own strength...

Freedom from worries and anxiety...

Freedom from self...

Freedom from self-condemnation..

Freedom from bondage...


As Believers, we tend to focus more on Grace and Mercy at the cross, at the  moment of salvation more than as a daily cup that needs filling.   We must view God's grace and mercy as a minute by minute necessity.

We can be daily renewed by our Great God and Savior.  We only need to come to Him with our empty cup and ask Him to fill it with His Grace and His Mercy.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, 

but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 

whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Titus 3:4-6

And this is as true each and every day for those who are in Christ Jesus as it was at the moment of salvation...

There is no longer a need to strive after righteousness.  We are His!  When Christ died for our sins, He cleansed us from ALL unrighteousness, and sent us a Helper, the Holy Spirit, to fill us with His Grace and Mercy every single day.  We need only to walk in that Grace and Mercy daily, and to obey the The Helper's promptings, and He will lead us in all righteousness.

May we live in the freedom of God's Grace and Mercy every minute of every day.

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If there is anyone reading this post who has not experienced God's Grace and Mercy through salvation in Christ Jesus, you can do so at this very moment.  No matter what you have done in your past or how sinful you have lived, our Lord and Savior's lovingkindness is far reaching and brings complete cleansing from all sin.  You need only to confess your sin to the Lord, recognize that you cannot do this on your own and that you need a Savior, and believe that when Jesus died on the cross, He died for your sins, and that nothing you can do will earn your way into Heaven, but completely trust that Jesus satisfied the debt you owed.  From the moment you ask Jesus, with a sincere heart, to save you from your sins, you will be cleansed.  Believe that Jesus rose from the dead to set you free from eternal damnation and to make you alive to eternal life with Him.  And then you will be free!! You can now live in the freedom of God's grace and mercy every minute of every day.

Grace Greater than Our Sin

Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,

Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!

Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured,

There where the blood of the Lamb was spilled.

Refrain:

Grace, grace, God’s grace,

Grace that will pardon and cleanse within;

Grace, grace, God’s grace,

Grace that is greater than all our sin!

Sin and despair, like the sea waves cold,

Threaten the soul with infinite loss;

Grace that is greater, yes, grace untold,

Points to the refuge, the mighty cross.

Dark is the stain that we cannot hide;

What can we do to wash it away?

Look! There is flowing a crimson tide,

Brighter than snow you may be today.

Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,

Freely bestowed on all who believe!

You that are longing to see His face,

Will you this moment His grace receive?

Julia H. Johnston

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