Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Laura Story singing … Grace Abounds … poignantly singing of how God’s grace abounds when His love is shared with others in our lives.
God's truth shows us how to share His love/grace with others ...
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Highlight Passage : … 2Samuel 9:9 [ESV] ... 9 Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson.
… David brings Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, into his court to be protected by the King’s grace, a picture of what God would do thru Christ for us who were once the King’s enemies.
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Highlight Passage [context] : … 2Samuel 9:1-13 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK …
… The story of King David showing mercy and grace to the grandson of Saul, well beyond the cultural norm of the times.
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Reference Passage : … Lamentations 3:22-23 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God’s mercies are ALWAYS available to those of us who need it (and that’s all of us).
Reference Passage : … Matthew 5:7 [ESV] ... 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. …”
… God will bless those who are merciful to others.
Reference Passage : … Romans 3:23-25 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… All of us sinners deserve the judgment of death for our sin; but through God’s grace, Jesus’ blood has given us His eternal mercy for our faith in Christ and our repentance.
Reference Passage : … 2Peter 1:2-8 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Thru God’s grace, we are given the power to share God’s love/grace with others.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Mike Wittmer, AT THIS LINK relates a story of a Christian work supervisor who was advised to forgive and rehire a co-worker who had embezzled money from the company; … and the worker would become a loyal and productive employee, having received this mercy and forgiveness.
And then the ODB author relates this more current story with that of how King David, when he became King, refused to exercise the normal practice of killing off the progeny of the former king by bringing the grandson of Saul, who had tried to kill David, into David’s court to become part of David’s family [see highlight passage]. And we see how this mercy and grace was a picture of what God would one day do thru Christ to offer forgiveness to us sinners and bring us, God’s former sinful enemies, into His family by our faith and repentance.
And now I pray that all Christians reading here, … with thankful hearts, … will praise our Lord for His mercy and grace; … and then go out today to share that love/grace with all in our lives, … yes, even those who’ve sinned against us.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving me Your love and grace to share with others today.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to find ways today to share God’s abounding love/grace with others, just as Laura Story sings in the linked song. … Amen
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