Prayer ~ Jesus, I adore You. I do love You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. Moment by moment it may not seem like I have much love flowing out of me…but I know that You live in me…and will never leave me or forsake me. So let Your love flow through me…back to You and to those around me. Provide me with the spiritual food I need every day, renewing my strength, guiding me along Your righteous pathways, protect me and show me Your abundant and enduring love that will guide me to our Heavenly home to be with You, forever.
You have put a desire
in my heart to worship You, and I will never leave You… Jeremiah 32:40.
But you, O Lord, are a
God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love
and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15
Meditate.
Consider God’s compassion.
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| Our Compassionate Lord Cross from Medjugorje depicting His life. |
Bend down, O LORD, and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your
help. Protect me, for I am devoted to you. Save me, for I serve you and trust
you. You are my God. Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am calling on you
constantly. Give me happiness, O Lord, for I give myself to you. O Lord, you
are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for
your help. Listen closely to my prayer, O LORD; hear my urgent cry. I will call
to you whenever I'm in trouble, and you will answer me. No pagan god is like
you, O Lord. None can do what you do! All the nations you made will come and
bow before you, Lord; they will praise your holy name. For you are great and
perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God. Teach me your ways, O LORD, that I
may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor
you. With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to
your name forever, for your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from
the depths of death. O God, insolent people rise up against me; a violent gang
is trying to kill me. You mean nothing to them. But you, O Lord, are a
God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love
and faithfulness. Look down and have mercy on me. Give your strength
to your servant; save me, the son of your servant. Send me a sign of your
favor. Then those who hate me will be put to shame, for you, O LORD, help and
comfort me. Psalm 86:1-17
David is pleading with God for His help, offering his praise and his thanksgiving. David was truly a
man after God’s own heart. We can only do the same, recognizing that God is
faithful, compassionate, and loving to us.
I love that He is compassionate
and slow to anger. I’ve had a problem with anger in the past sixty plus years,
but God has graciously helped me get that under control. It is a matter of
self-control--a fruit of the Spirit--that He wants us all to deal with and ultimately master. I guess I
can pretty much say that my Irish temper is, if not under control, at least is
surrendered to the Lord. I am so grateful for God’s unfailing love and mercy.
Great is His faithfulness. Who am I to deserve His love, compassion, mercy and
faithfulness? Now that I believe in Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I am a child
of God. What father doesn’t care for his children? So, although I am
undeserving, I am a child of God and He cares about me. Are you part of the
family of God?
But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get
angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15.
Do you desire and love
God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Do any of us deserve compassion and mercy?
Verse
of Salvation ~ Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in
anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my
salvation. Psalm
27:9 NKJV
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