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RECEIVING MERCY · THIS IS THE LIFE PODCAST

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  Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome back into our This is the
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  Speaker 1: Life podcast this morning. This past weekend I've been kind
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  Speaker 1: of thinking a lot about the word mercy and how
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  Speaker 1: it appears in the Bible and how just wonder how
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  Speaker 1: wonderful it is that the Lord extends his mercy and
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  Speaker 1: his grace towards us but I just want to take
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  Speaker 1: a couple of days here and really talk about the
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  Speaker 1: word mercy and how we can apply it to our
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  Speaker 1: lives and receive it the way we should. And today
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  Speaker 1: it's all about receiving mercy. Because in Hebrews chapter 4
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  Speaker 1: verse number 16 the word of God says, Let us
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  Speaker 1: therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we
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  Speaker 1: may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time
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  Speaker 1: of need. That verse really stands out for me because
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  Speaker 1: there are things we find easy sometimes to give someone
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  Speaker 1: else mercy, but difficult to receive it ourselves. And mercy
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  Speaker 1: is one of those things that we do struggle with
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  Speaker 1: sometimes because what mercy is, according to the Word of God,
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  Speaker 1: is mercy is compassion shown to someone in need, especially
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  Speaker 1: when they could have been met with more judgment instead.
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  Speaker 1: And God's mercy is simply means He sees us fully
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  Speaker 1: and completely just the way we are, including where we've
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  Speaker 1: gone wrong in life. But yet He still invites us
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  Speaker 1: to come to Him for forgiveness and for instructions how
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  Speaker 1: to go about living our lives. When someone we love
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  Speaker 1: makes a mistake, oftentimes we may remind them that one
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  Speaker 1: bad decision doesn't define our life. We may even encourage
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  Speaker 1: them to bring it to God and receive His mercy. Ah,
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  Speaker 1: but when the mistake is ours, we sometimes keep returning
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  Speaker 1: to it as though we remember what we said, what
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  Speaker 1: we should have done, maybe the person that we've hurt,
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  Speaker 1: things we should have changed. Perhaps you have asked God
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  Speaker 1: to forgive you, yet you still feel as though you
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  Speaker 1: must carry the weight of it somehow, as if feeling
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  Speaker 1: bad enough long enough will prove that you're truly remorseful
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  Speaker 1: for it. That's not the way mercy works. Hebrews tells
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  Speaker 1: us to come to the throne of grace and obtain mercy.
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  Speaker 1: So when I look at that, that's an invitation. And
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  Speaker 1: it's an invitation straight from God. He already knows what
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  Speaker 1: we're bringing to Him. We do not have to hide that,
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  Speaker 1: dress it up, or wait until we feel worthy enough
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  Speaker 1: to come. He says come boldly. And receiving mercy has
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  Speaker 1: to begin with honesty. We can tell the Lord plainly.
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  Speaker 1: where we were wrong. And if we need to apologize
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  Speaker 1: to someone and make something right, then we can take
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  Speaker 1: that step also, but not before we get it right
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  Speaker 1: with the Lord. And then, when we have asked for
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  Speaker 1: His forgiveness, then we can thank Him for it and
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  Speaker 1: move past that. And that last part sometimes takes practice,
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  Speaker 1: but it means trusting His mercy more than the voice
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  Speaker 1: that keeps reliving our failures in our mind. I think
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  Speaker 1: about the prodigal son often. We've talked about that Subject
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  Speaker 1: matter a few times here on our podcast over the years.
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  Speaker 1: But I think about the prodigal son walking home with
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  Speaker 1: that speech already prepared. You remember it? He knew he
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  Speaker 1: had done wrong and he was ready to say so.
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  Speaker 1: But before he could finish explaining himself, his father welcomed him.
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  Speaker 1: Now this is what's important. The son still had to
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  Speaker 1: make that walk home. But he did not have to
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  Speaker 1: persuade the father to extend mercy. Maybe today. You've been
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  Speaker 1: feeling as though you're standing at a distance, holding on
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  Speaker 1: to something that you've already brought before the Lord, but
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  Speaker 1: just can't seem to let go of. Well, Jesus invites
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  Speaker 1: you to come close today. Tell Him the truth once
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  Speaker 1: more if you need to, and then listen to what
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  Speaker 1: His Word says about His mercy. Now, you may still
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  Speaker 1: remember what happened, but you can take these steps with
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  Speaker 1: a lighter heart now because today, God welcomes every person
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  Speaker 1: who comes to Him to obtain mercy. This morning, is
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  Speaker 1: there something you have asked God to forgive but you're
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  Speaker 1: struggling to release? If so, I want you to listen
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  Speaker 1: to this verse again. Let us therefore come boldly unto
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  Speaker 1: the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and
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  Speaker 1: find grace to help in time of need. Today you
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  Speaker 1: be safe. You be strong and you be blessed. Lord's
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  Speaker 1: will will see you back here again tomorrow. Have a
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  Speaker 1: great day.