Tag: <span>mercy</span>

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, sick people do.  I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners. Mark 2:17 (NLT)

Growing up on an Indian reservation, Renee was taught that her identity rested in the Zuni religion.
So she regularly participated in the ceremonies and rituals.
But even at a young age Renee had questions.

She attended a Christian high school, yet that increased her confusion.
Could she follow Jesus and keep her Native American identity?
Her high school counselor reminded Renee that God wanted a personal relationship with her.

Eventually Renee prayed to invite Jesus into her heart.
She finally understood that Jesus is the Creator she sought!
Renee said, “God desires for all tribes, tongues and nations to know Him and to glorify Him. To worship the Creator instead of the created.  To come to Him with their hearts.”

Renee is right!  Friend, seek Jesus.  He is the answer for all nations!

By Vonette Bright

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The love you have shown to God’s people has refreshed them.”
Philemon 7

When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need – words that
will help others become stronger” (Ephesians 4:29).  Before you speak, ask: Will
what I’m about to say help others become stronger?  You have the ability, with
your words to make a person stronger.  Your words are to their soul what a vitamin is
to their body.  If you had food and saw someone starving, would you not share it?  If
you had water and saw someone dying of thirst, would you not give it?  Of course you would.
Then won’t you do the same for their hearts?  Your words are food and water!

Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged.

Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down!

Speak words that make people stronger.  Believe in them as God has believed in you.

By Max Lucado
Used by permission
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