His Mercies Are New Every Morning. As God was faithful to the patriarchs and Israel, so is He faithful to the church. Do we trust in Him for our salvation? Despite all our flaws and sins, God remains faithful to His word. We can trust Him. This is an encouraging article by Jack Kelley courtesy of GraceThruFaith Ministries….
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Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)
There’s always been a pattern in the way God deals with man’s disobedience. This pattern was first seen in the Garden and appears repeatedly in the lives of the Patriarchs, in the history of Israel, and all through the Old Testament. Disobedience brought consequences, but confession brought forgiveness and a new beginning.
Take the case of Abraham. The Lord had said to him, “Leave your country, your people, and your father’s household and go into a land I will show you” (Gen. 12:1). But Abraham took his father, his nephew Lot, and all their families with him, and went only as far as Haran, about half way, where they remained for several years. After his father died, Abraham completed the journey, again with Lot and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, finally arriving in Canaan many years after they first started out (Gen. 11:31 and 12:4-5).
But then Abraham and Sarah left the land God had brought them to and went to Egypt, where they acquired Hagar, an Egyptian handmaiden. While they were there they got into trouble with Pharaoh for misrepresenting their relationship and were asked to leave the country. Later, after waiting 18 years for the Lord to give them a son, Abraham and Sarah decided to take matters into their own hands. As a result Hagar became the first surrogate mother in recorded history, giving birth to Ishmael. And so Abraham, the first man to be called a Hebrew, caused the birth of the first Arab. The problems that created continue to this day…keep reading
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