Like the dew his mercies are new every morning

New Every Morning

Lamentations was written by the prophet Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians. The judgment of God came upon the nation of Judah because they had, for generations, turned their back upon Him. It was the lowest point in the nation?s history. And yet, Jeremiah finds time to praise God for His mercy and grace. This shows that God will never forsake His people and is always ready to extend His hand of mercy. Without that, none of us would ever make it. But each day God has fresh grace and new mercy for us.

Key Thought

God?s faithfulness is great. Even if you fail Him, He remains faithful to you and will work in your life to bring restoration and peace. Even at the lowest points of your life, God is there and wants to bring healing and restoration. Turn to Him afresh today and ask Him for His help in your situation.

Prayer

Dear Lord, I put my hope and my trust in You again today. Help me to learn how to wait patiently for You to act. Help me to do my part and step out in faith and obedience. Thank you for Your faithfulness!

Discipleship Steps

During times of difficulty or disappointment it is easy to become negative and for this even to be directed against God. But God is faithful, and if there are problems, they are not of His doing. He is a good God and only wants the best for His children. Learn from Jeremiah?s faith in the faithfulness of God and commit this day to Him. The Lord will see you through as you receive fresh grace, fresh hope and fresh mercy for the tasks that lay ahead.

Read: Lamentations 3:19-26

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God has placed Greatness in us

Without God we are nothing. We owe everything to Him. It is His love and His mercy that has brought us into relationship with Himself and continues to keep us close to Him. God has chosen us to be a special people for Himself and He treasures us above all else.

That is why He is continually supplying His grace and mercy and daily pouring it into our lives. He knows that we need Him every moment of every day. He has bound Himself in covenant agreement with us to provide for us all that we need from now and until the great climax of all things when we will have become all that He set His love on us to become.

Key Thought

Never doubt the mercy of God and your need for it. You are saved by God?s faithfulness and not your effort. His grace and mercy is daily upon your life and it will keep you and see you through to your destination.

Prayer

Lord, I thank you for Your grace and favour upon my life today. Help me trust in these and not my own weak efforts to follow You. I thank You also that You loved me and chose me not on my merits, but that, by Your grace and faithfulness, I am Your special treasure.

Discipleship Steps

Being a follower of Jesus means that you have learnt to depend upon the strength of God?s call and grace at work in your life. Think through how you can remember that in the busy day ahead. How can you draw on God?s goodness today? Remember, that in His faithfulness, He is supporting your every effort. Don?t compare yourself with your own or other people?s expectations of you. Let God?s faithfulness give you strength for today.

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