The mercy of God is one beautiful thing we enjoy from God daily. The bible tells us so
“The Lord’s love never ends. His mercies never stop. They are new every morning. Lord, your loyalty is great.” Lamentations 3:21 ICB.
God displays a basic and constant part of Himself through showing us mercy. That you didn’t need to be perfect before He sent Jesus to die for you. In your imperfect state He saw the need for His mercy in your life.
This mercy of God goes beyond Him just making us wake up and rise up from our beds every day. It shows in many ways that even you can’t count or see. Or can you name all the times God has shown you mercy in times you didn’t know you needed mercy? Some favourable things that have happened to you were just His way of showing you His mercy.
The times when you don’t ask for or even know that you need the mercy of God, He has shown up for you. Because that is His specialty. He sees the future ahead of you. He knows what is going to happen if you make friends with some classmates with questionable characters in school. That’s why He made your parents not allow you go to the party they invited you to. He knows everything about your life – He is your Creator.
The mercy of God is a constant reminder that He is still alive and working in your life. No matter what you may be happening to you right now, know that His mercies are working for you. Ask Him daily for His mercies as much as you can. He never tires of hearing you ask. Remember that they are new every morning.
May the mercy of God be yours forever and ever. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Prayer: My Heavenly Father, thank you for your mercies over me. Thank you that they are new every day. I ask that you daily load me with your mercies. In Jesus; name, amen.
Action Plan: Never forget to ask for the mercies of God daily.
Have you ever thought about how big God will be? You can think about it now. If you do, then you will discover that God is so big. Yeah, your Jehovah is so mighty. He’s so strong and so great as well. And there’s nothing He cannot do for you. There’s even a song about that too: “You are big, big, big…” Do you know that song?
It’s no lie about the how big God is. Take a look at the whole earth, the one that this our great Elohim created. There is no other earth anywhere! So look at the whole earth. Check out the different animals with their various looks, sounds, and attributes. Check out the plants and trees all around us also. That should show you that God is so big.
How about the water bodies? Look into the water bodies and examine all the living creatures in them. You will be marvelled at what you will find. When you are through with that, then face the sky and count the stars, feel the sun on your face and the glow of the moon on the ground. These will prove to you, beyond every reasonable doubt that God is so big.
That’s how a big God does. And He does big things for us – for you and for me. And there’s nothing He cannot do or be for you and for me. That is comforting to know, right? Let that be your confidence as you go through life.
May God continue to be big in your life in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Prayer:
God, please come be big and bigger in my life in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Action point:
How bigger do you think Jehovah can be? How big can He be in your life?
How To Ask and Receive was taught by Rev. Dunamis Okunowo on the 28th of March 2021 at Shouts of Grace Center, Joke Plaza, Beside Trans Amusement Park, Bodija-UI Road, Ibadan.
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From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
James 4:`1-6, KJV
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 3:15, KJV
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19, KJV
From his teaching he made the following vital points
If God makes a promise and it doesn’t come to pass, it is not God, but man because God is not a man that He should lie nor the son of man that He should repent. He says a thing and it comes to pass. Even if it takes a while it will surely manifest.
Asking requires humility
Nothing comes to you unless God approves. Everything that will be given to you should come from above. That’s where you seal the deal.
People who know how to access power from God will go ahead in life.
When you pass the test, you’ll access your promised land. God takes you through the process to check your heart. He doesn’t want you to serve because of what you can get from Him but because you love Him.
The reason you don’t have is because you don’t ask. ASK! JUST ASK!
Nobody gets married without asking.
Ask based on need, Ask with wisdom and understanding. Don’t ask amiss.
Need means a necessity. If you have a necessity in your life now, you have a right to ask.
Everything and anything and beyond that you can ask for in domiciled in God’s riches in glory by Christ Jesus
Of what benefit is what I’m asking not just to me, but for/to others? Ask yourself this question before you ask for anything or make a request. Check your motives for asking.
If you are asking with a vow in mind, redeem your vow when your request is granted.
When you learn not to consume wealth upon your lusts, you are not asking amiss.
