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A prayer for new mercies this morning, written by Victoria Rilano and read by Kelly Givens. The steadfast love of the Lord

never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3, 22 through 23. Every day I need them.

More than I need food, water, church, or to hang out with friends, I need the Lord's

mercies.

Here is the truth.

I often miss the mark.

I get hung up on words, behave in ways that are displeasing,

and do not always love others the way I should. The funny thing is, from the outside looking

in, I qualify as a good Christian. Going to church weekly, reading my Bible, and seeking to be kind to those i meet i desire to do what is right

yet in those secret moments like many others i struggle with fear shame and a host of qualities

that don't reflect my father in heaven like Like all who have come before me and will

come after me, I struggle with sin and need daily repentance. Yet the Lord chooses to love me

past my disqualifications and mistakes, so much so that every morning he extends his mercy to me, and it's his good pleasure to do so.

Yet you and I aren't the first to feel like we don't quite measure up. The Apostle Paul found himself

in a struggle between right and wrong. In Romans 715, he says, I don't really understand myself, for I want to do

what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do what I hate. Yes, even the person responsible for

writing half of the New Testament was in desperate need of a forgiving God. He was transparent about his shortcomings

and knew it was by Christ alone that he could overcome them. We serve a holy and perfect God.

The truth is, he has every right to turn his eyes away from us. However, his love is steadfast, immovable,

and never changing toward us. As described in Romans 839, no height, depth, nor circumstance

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