Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule:
1 Samuel 30; Psalm 69; 86
Saturday: 1 Samuel 31; Psalm 131
Sunday: 1 Chronicles 10-12; 2 Samuel 2-3
Key Thought:
It is important for each of us to remember that our eternal life is rooted in the person of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Therefore, if we are secure and safe for all eternity in Christ, does it not stand to reason that we place our safety and security in Him for today? If we are to be saved from sin, we need Divine mercy, not justice. This is true whether the salvation be God’s eternal deliverance from His wrath in hell or His temporal deliverance from the wrath of men on the earth. Salvation is always by the undeserved mercy of God, never by His inflexible justice. As we learned on Wednesday, Jesus Christ endured God’s inflexible justice and demanded penalty for sin.
If the Lord ever gave us what we deserved, we would suffer eternal punishment in much torment in hell. Therefore, it is not fairness or justice that we want, but rather mercy. It is the tender compassion of God toward those in great danger and stress who need His saving and sustaining grace. Therefore, as we endure the covid-19 crisis, it is mercy that the world needs. It is simply because of God’s compassions that we are not consumed. I disagree with so many politicians, including our governor, it is not science that we need, it is God. We should not follow the science, but rather put our trust in the person of Christ. We must remember that it is mercy that will activate God’s unlimited power to work for our good, not science. May the world be reminded during this crisis that it is God that can change the function of the entire world and it is God that can stop the effect of the corona virus and every other trial.
Prayer Requests:
Personal
- Lord, please help me to never place my trust in anything other than you!
- Lord, please help me to rest secure in the mercy of my great God.
- Lord, please help me to be motivated by your faithful displays of faithfulness, compassion, and mercy.
Political
- US Representative Andy Levin
- Representative Frank Liberati
- Representative Sarah Lightner
Pertinent
- Pray for one another
- Pray for Protection
- Pray for Peace
- Pray for God’s Purposes to be accomplished
- PRAY FOR WISDOM AS WE NAVIGATE THE COVID-19 CRISIS.