Ready to forgive.

"For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee." Psalm 86:5 God is always ready to forgive. You may say, "Pastor you do not know what I have done." He is ready right now to forgive you. A young man went to a great Man of God and asked, "Can God forgive every sin?" He answered, "Yes." Then he asked another question, "Can God forgive murder?" and He replied, "Yes." There are some people who are suffering from the guilt of a sin they committed in the past. It could be an abortion...

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New Testament heritage 2.

"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." Luke 24:45-47 The word, remission, is an accounting word. It is from the word ‘aphesis’ in the Greek. It means to let go, to send away. Jesus is saying in our opening scripture that we should preach remission of sins, so that...

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New Testament heritage 1.

"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:" Hebrews 8:10 Today we see from our opening scripture that in the New Testament God's laws have been put into our minds and written in our hearts. This debunks the school of thought that we have no law in the New Testament. The Bible says that his laws are in our minds and hearts. Yes, we are under grace but...

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Mercy is all you need.

 "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." Romans 9:15-16. I want you to understand today that when God have decides to show you mercy, your success will not be by your struggle. I pray for you that God will give to you what you could not have sweated for. May the blessings of God you get this year be beyond what you worked for. May you get beyond what you...

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You shall bring forth.

"Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her." Luke 1:57-58 Our opening scripture is the story of Elizabeth. Prior to this time, she was already an old woman and she had no child. Her husband did not have faith for the child anymore because he was also an old man. I will like you to notice that the Bible attributed her ability to conceive and deliver a son to the mercy of God....

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Mercy for your household.

"But we believe that we are saved through the grace (the undeserved favor and mercy) of the Lord Jesus, just as they [are]." Acts 15:11 Today, I pray over you and your household, whatever you may be suffering in your generations, by the mercy of God, you and your house have escaped in the Name of Jesus. God is with you. Therefore, no man can stop you. Mercy is a family thing. YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SPARED FROM ALL EVIL THIS YEAR. There is a household blessing for those under this commission. If you are under this commission, I speak...

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Guided by mercy 2.

"Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation." Exodus 15:13 As a child of God, always expect to be led by God's mercy. There are some Christians who still wonder if they can be led by the Spirit. Yes, you can be led by God's Spirit because He has redeemed you in His mercy and he lives in you as a child of God. So expect to be led. The New Living Translation puts it this way, "With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed, …" I want...

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Guided by mercy 1

"And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren." Genesis 24:27 Our opening scripture was the thanksgiving of Abraham's steward who was sent to go and look for a wife for Isaac. Abraham had prayed that God should send his angel ahead of his steward to help him get a wife for Isaac and he got one. That was when he began to speak the words in our opening scripture. He was thanking God who...

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Spared from evil.

"Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;" Psalm 103:4 Personally, I have never had an accident, and I will never have one. One rhema for my safety is our opening scripture. I have been redeemed from destruction. On the authority of this rhema, I declare to you today that your life has been redeemed from destruction, and you are crowned with lovingkindness and tender mercies. There shall be no accidents for you anymore in Jesus Name. Galatians 1:3-4 says, "Grace be to you and...

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Preserved from wrath.

Preserved from wrath. "Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; …" Genesis 19:19 A man named Lot who had the fear of God was living in the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. The people of Sodom vexed God by the abominations which they committed. Therefore, God sent His angels to destroy the city. Before they did, the angels spared Lot and he escaped with his two daughters because of the mercy of God. This story is the reason why I believe that...

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God does not condemn.

"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John 3:17 Today, I want you to know that it is not God that condemns you. It is the devil that condemns you. God does not condemn. He convicts people of their sins or wrong doings so that they can turn from their sins, believe and accept Jesus and by so doing, save themselves from judgment and condemnation. Jesus in John 16:27 said, "For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out...

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Gracious and longsuffering.

"And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering …" Exodus 34:6 The second character of God revealed to Moses after ‘merciful’ is ‘gracious.’ Gracious means to favour, bend or stoop to show favour to an inferior. Nehemiah 9:17 says, "… but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, ..." The third expression of God's character is longsuffering. Longsuffering means slow to anger, patient, etc. The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:9,...

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Know His mercy.

"…The LORD, The LORD God, merciful …" Exodus 34:6 God is merciful even to the undeserving. We see this expressed in the life of Cain after he killed his brother Abel. God said to him in Genesis 4:11-12, "And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth." When Cain heard this he pleaded for mercy saying, "My punishment is greater than I can...

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Made in His image and likeness.

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: …" Genesis 1:26 God made man in His image, after His likeness. This means that if man has emotions and He was made in God's image and likeness, God has emotions. If God is able to love, then God has emotions. God says in Jeremiah 31:3, "… I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Love is an emotion. In Nehemiah 8:10, the Bible speaks of the joy of the Lord. Joy also is an emotion. Zephaniah 3:17 says, "The LORD thy God...

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The Word is God.

"And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God." Mark 11:22 Understanding the character of God is the key to unlocking your faith. The Bible gives us a clear concept of God. In John1:1 the Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." That means the accurate picture of who God is from the Word of God. Therefore, you do not determine who God is by your experience but by His Word. It is important for you to understand that the Bible is the conclusive revelation of God. Every other...

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He identifies with you.

"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40 You need to understand today that whatever anyone does to you as a child of God, He is doing it to Jesus. Also, whatsoever you do to any child of God, you are doing it to Jesus. He is so identified with us. Learn to be conscious of this reality. When you are conscious of this truth, your attitude towards other believers will be totally different. You will treat...

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He knows how you feel 2.

"Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin! So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help." Hebrews 4:15-16(CEV) Yesterday we began to look at the reality that Jesus is able to feel exactly how we feel when we are going through challenges or when we are tempted in life. He went through it all, yet, He did not sin. He is the perfect High Priest who is ever...

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He knows how you feel.

"We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all …" Hebrews 4:15(MSG) What is that thing that you are going through today that you feel no one understands? I will like to let you know that Jesus understands exactly what you are going through because He has been there Himself. Surprised? I want you to understand that God became flesh (Jesus) to be able to feel what you feel. There is no way you feel in your flesh that God does not understand. John 1:14 says, "And...

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Merciful

"And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful …" Exodus 34:6 The first character God revealed about Himself after proclaiming His Name as seen in our opening scripture is 'merciful'. Notice that He did not say powerful. He said, ‘merciful.’ ‘Merciful’ is from the Hebrew word 'hemla' which means, to commiserate. This could also mean empathy. This means that God is able to feel what you feel and able to help you come out of it. God knows exactly how you feel, He knows your pains and He also knows your...

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Dead to sin

"For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:" Romans 8:3 The law could not stop men from sinning because the flesh is weak according to our opening scripture. What solves the struggle of sin is understanding the new creation. When Jesus condemned sin in the flesh, He produced a new creation that is not subject to sin because the nature of sin has been destroyed in him. 2 Corinthians 5:17(AMP) says, "Therefore if...

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God's character.

"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions." Psalm 51:1 When you understand the nature or character of God, that He is merciful, gracious, long suffering, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, then approaching Him to ask Him for forgiveness becomes easy. This was what Moses knew and why he confidently made intercessions for the children of Israel. In Exodus 34:6-7 the Lord said, "And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The...

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Delivered from all sin.

"Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;" Ephesians 1:5-7 Grace is what gives you value before God. Your value before God is not because of who your parents are, or the country in which you were born. It is the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ who shed His...

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Completely justified.

"And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." Hebrews 10:17 There was a man in America who was killing and eating human beings for seventeen years. He was finally caught, arrested and imprisoned. In the process of time when he was in prison, someone went there to preach and the man heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and got born again. Finally, after he was convicted by the court and sentenced, he was sorry for all that he had done. But he was glad that at least he was now born again and was on his way to heaven. He was not...

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Be merciful

"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." Hebrews 8:12 There was a boy whose Father sold into sex slave when he was five years old. So homosexual men would come and have sex with him every day. It was in this way he grew up and he finally had HIV. He grew up having a strong hatred for homosexuals because they were the ones that gave him HIV. As a result of this hatred he had for homosexuals, he started raping and killing them. If he did not kill them, he at least knew...

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He prayed for you.

""Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy," Jude 1:24 Today, I want you to rely and rest on God's ability to keep you from falling according to our opening scripture. Jesus knew that there was going to be an attack on Peter's faith so He told Peter in Luke 22:31-32, "... Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen...

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No to condemnation

"…My grace is sufficient for thee: …" 2 Corinthians 12:9 We learnt on Sunday that the grace of God is the goodness of God towards the undeserving. Therefore, if you are reading this devotional as a Christian and you are still feeling condemned by what you did in the past, maybe because of the sins you committed before you were born again, or something you did wrong after you gave your heart to Christ which you have repented from, I encourage you to come out of that condemnation and guilt from your past by coming to grips with the grace of...

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Respond to His goodness

"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?" Romans 2:4 Our opening scripture reveals that God intends to use His goodness and loving kindness towards us to lead us to repentance. This is why when you find out how good, caring and understanding God is, reaching out to Him becomes easier. There was a time a young man who had committed a terrible sin came to me. He told me that he came to find out if God could forgive him of that sin. I...

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What is mercy?

 "Thou shalt arise, and have mercy on Zion for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come" Psalm 102:13. The word translated mercy; 'hesed', is also the word translated loving kindness in scripture. 'Hesed' therefore means kindness, beauty, favour, good deed, goodliness, goodness, loving kindness, lovingly, mercy, pity etc. This is why the amplified translation renders our opening scripture thus, "You will arise and have mercy and loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity and compassion for her; yes, the set time has...

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