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Isaiah chapter 30 verse 18 be encouraged with this verse.

Therefore, the Lord waits to be gracious to you.

And therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.

Would you just let those words soak into your heart right now? The Lord, we're talking about the God of the universe, the sovereign

king over all creation. He waits to be gracious to you.

In other words, he wants to pour out his grace on you.

He delights in pouring out his grace on you.

He anticipates it, and he exalts himself to show mercy to you.

God who is worthy of all glory and all the universe.

Everything he does ultimately glorifies himself because he alone

is worthy of all glory and the beauty of Isaiah chapter 30 verse 18 is that God

glorifies himself he exalts himself by showing mercy to you.

God glorifies himself by pouring out mercy on your life. I don't know what's going on in your life right now, but I hope that you will be encouraged.

That right now, the God of the universe waits to be gracious to you

and desires to exalt himself by showing mercy to you today. I just want you to think about your need for God's mercy today.

Think about your need for His grace in all kinds of areas of your life and

realize that he is generous with grace.

He is generous with mercy and he wants to glorify himself today

by giving you all the grace and mercy you need as you look to him and his hand for it.

So God, we together pray in gratitude for your grace and your mercy.

We praise you for your mercy and your grace. We need

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