Mercy

Have you ever known a hard-hearted person? In other words, no matter how hard you tried, they shut you out. If you did anything wrong, they were relentless and unforgiving. Not so with our Lord. Although He has every reason to be hard-hearted toward us, He instead pursues and forgives us. What a tender-hearted Lord we have!

This is important – in Ephesians 4:32 He commands us to be like Him – kind, tender-hearted, and forgiving each other. If there’s someone you’re hard-hearted toward, this would be a good time to “forgive, as God in Christ has forgiven us.”

Lord, we praise You for being TENDER-HEARTED toward us. Thank You for Your mercy! Thank You for Your grace!  Help us faithfully follow You and forgive others as You have forgiven us. 

Have you ever struggled to find the right words to pray? In those times, it can help to pray God’s Word. Click HERE to discover prayers for discernment, discouragement, knowing God’s way, and forgiveness.

 

UPLIFT is a blog that focuses on ways we can please the Lord by living our lives before Him in an UPLIFTing way. We can:

• Wise UP and benefit by living according to His teachings.
• Lift UP our eyes to Him when we don't know what to do.
• Armor UP to be equipped to resist temptation.
• Stand UP for our convictions.

But, how about the everyday subject of how we're eating? Ouch! I don't like to talk much about this topic, but bear with me. In a day where food is genetically engineered and super-sized, isn't it important that we eat UP healthily as unto the Lord? After all, the Bible does discuss this. Whereas the word "love" occurs 348 times in the Bible, "eat" occurs 527 times.
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