April 16.

Mercy for today.

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, and 23. God's mercies are new every morning, because each day only has enough mercy in it for that day.

God appoints every day's troubles and God appoints every day's mercies. In the life of his children, they are perfectly appointed.

Jesus said, therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6.34. Every day has its own trouble. Every day has its own

mercies. Each is new every morning. But we often tend to despair when we think that we may have to bear tomorrow's load on today's

resources.

God wants us to know we won't.

Today's mercies are for today's troubles.

Tomorrow's mercies are for tomorrow's troubles. Tomorrow's mercies are for tomorrow's troubles. Sometimes we wonder

if we will have the mercy to stand in terrible testing. Yes, we will. Peter says, if you are

insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed because the spirit of glory

and of God rests upon you. When the reviling comes, the spirit of glory comes. It happened for

Stephen as he was being stoned. It will happen for you. When the spirit and the glory

are needed, they will come. The manna in the wilderness was given one day at a time. There was no

storing up. That is the way we must depend on God's mercy. You do not receive today

the strength to bear tomorrow's burdens. You are given mercies today for today's troubles.

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