Certainly God's Word brings you grace, mercy and peace, but it also uncomfortably prods you at times.

Christians are not fully at home in this world but are temporary residents, awaiting their true eternal Daniel is not making the point that one style of diet is better than another, rather it reminds us that full You need to be fed regularly with the Word & sacraments to fully experience God's blessings as Daniel

But when you do, know that God will "hear your prayer and listen to your cry for mercy (v1)."

You're already fully saved even though you do not yet fully realize all the benefits of it. Yet you live in tension: we often say that we are already fully resurrected, but we do not yet fully

The Certainty of Our Preservation It is not by their own merits or strength but by God’s undeserved mercy

witnesses drawn from the law and prophets to confirm us in the gospel and to regulate our lives with full In that sense, be glad to let this debt to one another never be paid in full. not killing people who cross you will keep you out of trouble with the civil law, you will not have fully

God did all this in order to demonstrate his mercy, to the praise of the riches of God’s glorious grace

Adultery is rooted in and perpetuated by lies and falsehoods, and those caught in it will never be fully Of course Jesus is using hyperbole in His warning, otherwise our churches would be full of blind people Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who has called us out of a life of lust and into a full

that Jesus Christ was “made like his brothers in all things,” that he might be a high priest who is merciful

Show mercy cheerfully.