Reflecting God - Embrace Holy Living - The Global of the Nazarene's Foundry Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, United States for Wednesday, 11 July 2018 "Grace and Consequences and Mercy" by Donabel Martin - Jeremiah 30:1-11.

Reflecting God - Embrace Holy Living - The Global of the Nazarene's Foundry Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, United States for Wednesday, 11 July 2018 "Grace and Consequences and Mercy" by Donabel Martin - Jeremiah 30:1-11.
Jeremiah 30:1-This word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai: 2 “This is what Adonai the God of Isra’el says: ‘Write all the words I have spoken to you in a scroll. 3 For the day is coming,’ says Adonai, ‘when I will reverse the exile of my people Isra’el and Y’hudah,’ says Adonai. ‘I will cause them to return to the land I gave their ancestors, and they will take possession of it.’”
4 These are the words Adonai spoke concerning Isra’el and Y’hudah: 5 Here is what Adonai says:
“We have heard a cry of terror,
of fear and not of peace.
6 Ask now and see:
can men give birth to children?
Why, then, do I see all the men
with their hands on their stomachs like women in labor,
with every face turned pale?
7 How dreadful that day will be! —
there has never been one like it:
a time of trouble for Ya‘akov,
but out of it he will be saved.
8 “On that day,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot,
“I will break his yoke from off your neck,
I will snap your chains.
Foreigners will no longer enslave him.
9 Instead, they will serve Adonai their God
and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
10 “So don’t be afraid, Ya‘akov my servant,”
says Adonai, “or be alarmed, Isra’el;
for I will return you from far away
and your offspring from their country of exile.
Ya‘akov will again be quiet, at rest;
and no one will make him afraid.
11 “For I am with you to save you,” says Adonai,
“I will finish off all the nations
where I have scattered you.
However, you I will not finish off,
but will discipline only as you deserve;
I will not completely destroy you.” (Complete Jewish Bible)

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Parents are interesting to watch when they’re dealing with their children. They balance a tight rope between letting their kids make mistakes and protecting them, between giving them freedom and boundaries and even between grace and consequence. The thing with good parents is that they know their children and they do not abandon them especially when they are facing the consequences of their sins. Yes, the people of God are going to face consequences but they no longer have to fear because God is with them. God will save.
Often we know we have sinned and have been disobedient. We know that there will be consequences but because of what we know about relationships, when we hurt someone or do them wrong we are punished and cast out, we become afraid of what will become of this relationship. With God, however, it is different. God is the one calling us into relationship with him even though we are hiding because of our sins. God is the one who provides a way for our salvation even when we’ve broken his heart and sinned against him. God is grace and mercy.

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Hymn for Today: "I Belong to the King" by Ida Reed Smith.

1. I belong to the King, I’m a child of His love,
I shall dwell in His palace so fair;
For He tells of its bliss in yon heaven above,
And His children in splendor shall share.
Chorus: I belong to the King, I’m a child of His love,
And he never forsaketh His own;
He will call me some day to His palace above,
I shall dwell by His glorified throne.
2. I belong to the King, and He loves me I know,
For His mercy and kindness, so free,
Are unceasingly mine wheresoever I go,
And my refuge unfailing is He. Chorus: I belong to the King, I’m a child of His love,
And he never forsaketh His own;
He will call me some day to His palace above,
I shall dwell by His glorified throne.
3. I belong to the King, and His promise is sure,
That we all shall be gathered at last
In His kingdom above, by life’s waters so pure,
When this life with its trials is past. Chorus: I belong to the King, I’m a child of His love,
And he never forsaketh His own;
He will call me some day to His palace above,
I shall dwell by His glorified throne.

Thought for Today: For in union with the Messiah, you are all children of God through this trusting faithfulness; (Galatians 3:26)! (Complete Jewish Bible)).

Please pray: That many people in Malawi will come to know Yeshua as their Messiah and receive the fullness of the Ruach HaKadosh.

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