MERCY FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM

” HE SHOWS MERCY FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION TO ALL WHO FEAR HIM. ” LUKE 1:50

When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior our lives change. Our desires change. All of the sudden our instincts to do good or bad change because the Lord is living within us. Our desire is to try to the good our God wants us to do. As humans we don’t always do the good we are supposed to. The Lord has given us a free will to make choices. Sometimes our choices are not in line with the Lord’s desires for our lives. However, if we go to our Lord and ask for forgiveness our sins are wiped clean, never to be remembered again by our God in heaven. As our children watch us in our growth in our Christian lives they will remember how we react to troubles. They may not immediatly show that they are reflecting the values of Jesus but as their lives go on those values begin to break through. We are human testimonies for our families. Our show of love for our God will have an influence on others. Yes, the devil will win some of the battles. There may be some of our family members who do not follow the ways of the Lord. We have to be able to turn them over to the Lord and trust him to put others in their paths in hopes that the salvation message will influence them. I truly believe that if we have dedicated our lives to him he will honor that dedication. He will perform miracles and all of our family members will have the opportunity to accept him as Lord as Savior. The Lord loves us very much. We must continue to show our love for him by representing him well in our own lives. We may take ridicule but with Christ we can do all things. We must continue to pray and bring all of those whom we love before him and trust him to take care of them with the hope that the decisions they make will reflect the same values they have seen us make in our decisions before them. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!