I am not only kind and merciful, I am kindness. I am mercy. Relinquish seeing Me as someone who is distant and who does not care. When My children make mistakes, I am like the father who received the prodigal son. I do not bring up past mistakes, for they are forgiven, even before you ask for forgiveness. I am forgiveness. I patiently wait for you to come home to Me to be restored.
I am the King of glory, and I will have a pure and spotless bride. Therefore, yield to My purifying work in your life, and trust Me, regardless of the circumstances. Continue to look to Me, the author and finisher of your faith. For I will be with you wherever you go, even in your wanderings.
Remember, I was with the Israelites in the wilderness to test and prove them. Be like Joshua and Caleb, who reverenced Me and loved My presence. Seek Me above all else. Do not seek your own deliverance before seeking My face. For I want to teach You to abide in Me, regardless of the circumstances, so that nothing will move you. Rest in My unfailing love and My abiding presence within you.
Luke 12:35-37 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
35 Be ready for service and have your lamps lit. 36 You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once. 37 Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.
1 Peter 4:12-14 English Standard Version (ESV)
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
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