Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

Jer.17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
God can! You can be sure He will convict you of wrong doing!
Jer.17:10 "I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds." 
This is why we must repent when we sin! Our trust in found in the Lord who has mercy!
Jer.17:7  "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
He holds us accountable!
Jer.17:5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
The Lord is rich in mercy!
2 Sam.24:14 Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man." 
Ps.86:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Ps.145:9 The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Luke 6:36 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
Eph.2:4-5 
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 
Titus 3:4-7 
4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 
6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior
7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Heb.4:14-16
14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 
16 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.
1 Pet.1:3-5 
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 
5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Lord God, it is true that man needs You! Some are keenly aware of Your mercy, others are lost in sin. Help us Lord to show the nations that You are our hope! Amen

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