Thursday, August 13
Mercy That Is New
His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning.
Yesterday's failure does not set today's ceiling. Mercy is not a fixed reserve that drains as you use it — it is issued fresh with the sunrise.
Prayer
Lord, I receive today's mercy. Help me not to live off yesterday's shame. Amen.
More reflections
Begin with Listening
Psalm 46:10 — "Be still, and know that I am God."
The Weight of Small Faithfulness
Luke 16:10 — "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much."
Anxiety, Handed Over
1 Peter 5:7 — "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."
Love in Practice
1 John 3:18 — "Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."
A Light for the Next Step
Psalm 119:105 — "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."
Rest Is Commanded
Mark 2:27 — "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath."
Where this came from
We're not experts — these are the sources we used while researching this page. Read them yourself, keep digging, and hold us to them.
- [1]The Holy Bible — Blue Letter Bible
Every verse quoted in a devotional, checked in its own chapter and context.
- [2]The Book of Common Prayer — daily office collects
Shape and language of the closing prayers.