Enduring Love, Endless Mercy

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, open my heart and mind, Holy Spirit. Fill my consciousness and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: 1 John 1:8–9

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the 

truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all 

unrighteousness.

Verse of the day—Isaiah 33:22 “The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us”.

Today’s reading:  Psalm 74-76 Romans 9:16-33

Enduring Love, Endless Mercy

Paul wrote, "When I am weak then I am strong".

2 Corinthians 12:10 ►That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

It has to be lived, this faith gifted to us by God. Picture the calluses on the hands of a laborer. Picture the whole hand. Picture the entire person. Callused hands, callused feet, weathered face, cracked and dry skin-this sounds pretty harsh. In our day, people do all they can to avoid these harsh-physical, outcomes. Our faith must be hard. Our hearts must be softened but our faith hard and determined.

Experienced faith sees no way but one-no truth but one-no escape hatch through the emotions of natural man or dopamine drenching technology.

There is no escaping trouble and pain in this life. We will live as long as we are given one of two ways: we will either go through all the pain and wallow in the suffering seeking escape however we can or we will learn to hold fast to God and learn to thank Him for His enduring love and endless mercy.

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the Life", John 14:1-6.

Tell God right now that you want to stand in Him and fight-that you want to let the skin crack and the calluses form in your faith and live as Jesus lived-no choice but love to the end.

...because He loves us, He will do it...

Father in Heaven,

I confess. I complain-I retreat in fear. Teach me to trust you in the pain of life and praise You for Your mercy and power and joy.

Enduring God of peace and power!

In the name of Jesus,

Amen