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dramoor · 2 months

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"Although I have completely subjected myself to sin and am unworthy of heaven, of earth and of this passing life, even though I am a slave to delights and have disgraced Your image, yet I still do not lose hope in salvation, wretched as I am, for You have made and fashioned me. I place my hope in Your boundless mercy and approach You."

~St. Basil

(Photo © dramoor 2014, Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia)

#Orthodox Christian #Lord Jesus Christ #prayer #saints #St. Basil #Christian art #architecture #churches #travel #photography #photographers on tumblr #hope of salvation #God's mercy #St. Petersburg Russia #Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood

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momentsbeforemass · 1 month

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Too much

Everyone has their breaking point, right?

That point at which they have absolutely had it. When they finally had to end the relationship or quit the job. Because they can’t take it anymore and they are done.

We’ve all been there.

We’ve all been the one to make the break. You and I have gotten to that point. Where we had to leave for our own mental wellbeing, our physical health, or both.

But that’s not the only reason why you and I know about that breaking point, is it?

We hate to admit it, but there are times when you and I have been on the other side of that breaking point.

Where we have been the one that someone had to make the break with.

Because we kept screwing things up. Or we were stuck in unhealthy patterns. Or we couldn’t get over ourselves. Or we didn’t make time for them. Or any of a million other ways it becomes too much.

Because everyone has their breaking point.

We’re so used to finding that breaking point with other people – and even with ourselves – that we just assume God works the same way.

And that we’re going to screw things up. Or fall back into our unhealthy patterns. Or get full of ourselves. Or make time for everything but God. Or whatever it is.

One time too many. And we’re going to find out that God has a breaking point too.

Which is exactly what we don’t see in today’s Gospel – with the woman caught in adultery.

Jesus doesn’t give her one last chance. Or tell her that it’s too late.

Instead, Jesus forgives her.

And lets her know that her life doesn’t have to be this way.

That even if she doesn’t see it, she is more than her flaws, her faults, her failings.

“Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

Tradition says that St. Cyril of Jerusalem (today’s saint) had a vision of Jesus meeting her again after the Resurrection. After she had fallen back into her old ways.

When they met, she was so ashamed that she couldn’t even meet His eyes. Jesus gently lifted up her head and softly said to her again,

“Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

Today’s Readings

#Too Much #Mercy #God's Mercy #Go and Sin No More #God's Forgiveness #St. Cyril #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Catholicism #Moments Before Mass

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walkswithmyfather · 5 months

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‭‭Psalm‬ ‭42:5-‬11‬ ‭(NLT‬‬). “Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar. I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life. “O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?” Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”.Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!”

“Find Help in God’s Presence” By In Touch Ministries:

“Take your pain to the Lord—you can rely on Him.”

“Whenever you’re feeling down, the Psalms are an excellent source of comfort and encouragement. In today’s passage, the psalmist shares how God offers comfort to you, His child, in hard times. To receive it, you should …

Look within. Before you can deal with despair, you need to know what is causing it. If you’re not sure, ask the Lord to help you figure out what’s going on.

Look up. The next step is to lift your eyes to the Lord and place your hope in Him. Remember, discouragement comes to everybody at one time or another, but it should not be permanent.

Look back. Despair has a way of making you forget all the good things God has done over the years. Recalling His past care and provision helps to overpower discouragement.

Look ahead. Knowing that the Lord’s plans are good, you can look forward to what He is going to do in the future. His lovingkindness will support you by day and bring comfort by night.

To overcome discouragement, fixing your focus on the Lord is key. His Word promises that He walks with you through the valley. Remember, even if you feel disheartened, you are never alone.”

[Photo by Josue Escoto at Unsplash]

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godswordnkjv · 8 months

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#godsword #bible #bibleverse #verse of the day #bible verse #old testament #nkjv #psalm #psalms #gracious #righteous god #righteousness #righteous #god's mercy #merciful god #mercy #grace

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dejfleg · 4 days

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Here's a silly doodle of my au/headcanon(???) Meet God and Lucifer, they're besties! Also they don't give a damn about humanity!

#i call this headcanon 'God's mercy'#good omens #aziracrow #good omens crowley #good omens aziraphale #good omens au #gomens #good omens headcanons #good omens God's mercy headcanon #God's mercy

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bibleversegarden · 21 days

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Jesus Christ, Our Great High Priest, Redeemer, Savior and Lord

Jesus Christ, our Great High Priest, has atoned for our sins, once for all, and has reconciled us to God our Maker.

God's perfect sacrificial Lamb without blemish, offered Himself for our redemption, and is the only Mediator between God and men.

John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Hebrews 10:1-7 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.

For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—In the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.' "

Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. Hebrews 10:19-23 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. (See also Hebrews Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in its entirety.)

Matthew 27:50-53 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Ephesians 2:13-18 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

(See Ephesians Chapter 2 in its entirety.) The good news of God's salvation is to be proclaimed in all the earth. Whosoever will may come, both Jew and Gentile; receive God's pardon and walk in newness of life. - A Walk In The Garden Devotions

#High Priest #Jesus Christ #Redeemer #Savior #God's salvation #God's love #Redemption #God's grace #God's mercy #Jesus Christ Died For Sinners #Faith in God

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 6 months

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Israel's Only Savior

1 But now thus says the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not scorch you.

3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

4 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

5 Do not be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west.

6 I will tell the north, 'Give them up.' and tell the south, 'Do not hold them back. Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the farthest parts of the earth--

7 everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.'"

8 Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, "That is true."

10 "You are my witnesses," says the LORD, "With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

11 I, I am the LORD; and besides me there is no savior.

12 I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses," says the LORD, "and I am God.

13 Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"

14 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King."

16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

17 who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick):

18 "Do not remember the former things, and do not consider the things of old.

19 Look, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Do you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

20 The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

22 Yet you have not called on me, Jacob; but you have been weary of me, Israel.

23 You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.

25 I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

26 Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified.

27 Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling." — Isaiah 43 | New Heart English Bible (NHEB) The New Heart English Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 10:7; Genesis 32:28; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 14:21-22; Exodus 17:6; Exodus 30:23; Exodus 30:34; Numbers 23:20; Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 32:12; Job 19:25; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 74:22; Psalm 79:4; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 9:15; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 34:1; Micah 6:3; Matthew 12:20; Mark 2:7; Mark 4:12; Luke 1:74-75; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 3:9

#Israel's only Savior #God's mercy #Israel's unfaithfulness #Isaiah 43 #Book of Isaiah #Old Testament #NHEB #New Heart English Bible

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christianotome · 2 years

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It’s better to trust God’s strength than our own

Romans 3:23 says “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. The Bible also talks about the narrow and the wide paths that respectively lead to life or destruction (Matthew 7:13-14). If we think about sinning as falling, those walking the narrow path can be divided in two categories:

Those who try to get up and keep walking with their own strength;

Those who ask for God’s help to get back in their feet;

The problem with trying to rely on our own strength is that getting up and keep walking requires more strength than any human could possibly have, therefore sooner or later we will be back to the ground with no strength left.

Isaiah 40:31 says But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Why would you try to walk with your own strength when God wants to give you His own strength? Call for His help, because He’s more than willing to listen to those who call for Him.

#bible #personal opinion #religion #christianity #sin #salvation #law #grace #works #help #god's strength #god's mercy #faith

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samantabrzozowska · 10 months

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"Welcome to my paradise world!"

~ Sam

"Palm trees blessing."

~ Sam

#me #my art blog #child of paradise #spirituality of the eternal child of paradise #childhood dreams #flower child #my photos #child of god #god's blessings #fairytaleliving #god's children #god's mercy #god's love

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shareyourloveandhope · 11 months

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When you lose someone

Hi brothers and sisters

I would love to send you some words that are straight from my heart, full of care and compassion. I would love to remind you that even though in the present it's very hard, and your heart is full of pain, it will be alright in the future. That's why you shouldn't give up. There are people who understand your situation, how you feel and how you are dealing with it. You don't have to keep things bottled up. Being silent and not sharing your experience with others isn't what shows the strength. It's good to share your experience, it's easier together. If you have problems with seeking support in others, you can always repost this post or leave a comment, send a private message in which you describe your problems. I will try to give you some encouraging words and advices, fill you with hope, show you support and surround you with care.

However, don't forget about the One, in Whom you can always put your whole hope and trust — Jesus, Holy Spirit and God. Lord Jesus is the Way. To Him, we can surrender all our cares: the positive and the negative ones. He will always listen to them, give protection to you and your loved ones that is the most powerful. He will take all of your sadness and problems, place them in His Holy Heart, and then show them to our Heavenly Father as His requests. His help will ease your hurt and in the hard times will be closer than ever. He will help every loved one of yours and take care of all the problems, even the ones that seem to be not resolvable. There is a beautiful novena: ”The Surrender Novena: Let Jesus Take Care of Everything". It lets us see how Merciful is God's protection, how great is surrendering our cares to the One Who loves us the most and wants the best for our souls. I recommend you to read it every day and remember that God sees every single tear of ours, is always ready to wipe them. We just have to let Him do this. Even if you aren't ready to give Him everything right away, it's good to pray this prayer and show God how our situation looks like, how we feel about it and ask Him for help, for He values this kind of honesty and the desire to build trust in Him. That's when He can work on the solutions more effectively, show you more of His love, care and hope. So wonderful is Psalm 91. Reading it and having faith in leaving our everything in God's Hands, being safe and believing that He will lead us to His Light brings miracles to our lives. For He is the Good Shepherd Who never leaves His sheep, but seeks them everywhere He goes. Even though you're hurt so much, and it's hard to see that, God is always very close to us in the worst moments. Sometimes we feel how He works in our lives, sometimes He works in a very quiet way that we don't feel His presence, we don't see that He walks beside us. That's because He carries us in the hardest moments and protects us under His Wings, takes care of us in the best way. Our requests that we give Him are in His Holy Heart, that's revealed in a precious way in a prayer ”Infant Jesus of Prague Novena Prayer”.

Even though it's hard, remember that God is with your loved one that you lost is now with Lord Jesus, God and the Holy Spirit. Holy Trinity is with this someone and this person spends time with The One, Who created him/her with such a great love. If you miss your close one, you can tell God how you feel about it and pray for him/her. I remind you that you have your Heavenly Father — God Almighty — Who is always with you and never leaves you. In Him, you can find your strength, hope, joy and persistence in every moment of your life, for He listens to you during the day and night. Inside your heart, you also have the Holy Spirit, Who was described by Jesus as the Comforter. He will comfort you and give you strength, lead you straight to Heaven and help to get through the sad moments. Keep in your heart the fact that there is always hope that won't extinguish. I wish you the best.

God bless you brothers and sisters. You can leave your prayer requests, I will pray for you.

Praised be Jesus Christ now and forever. Amen.

#God Almighty #Jesus Christ #Holy Spirit #Holy Trinity #Holy Bible #God loves you #Jesus sees your tears #Holy Spirit is there to comfort you #Leave it all to God #grief #sadness #loneliness #God will give you rest #God's love #God's mercy #Spotify

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wiseeaglecheesecake · 1 year

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GALATIANS 5: 19-21

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [d]adultery, [e]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

21 envy, [f]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

#faithfulness #to god be the glory #obedience #sanctity of life #god's mercy #repentance #god fearing #GALATIANS 5: 19 -21

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dramoor · 6 months

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"God's loving kindness and tender mercies are there, sometimes obscured by life's brambles, but always moving before us, leading the way."

~Arthur Cutten

#God's mercy #lovingkindness #life #brambles #rabbitbrush #Colorado #fall #autumn #photography #photographers on tumblr #travel #nature

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momentsbeforemass · 1 year

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Kyrie

“Why don’t you say it in English?”

I didn’t know her. I had never seen her at Mass before. But that was the first thing she said to me after Mass.

My insightful response – “What?”

“Why don’t you say ‘Lord have mercy’ in English?”

She was annoyed at having to repeat herself to a rather slow deacon.

“Actually, sometimes I do say in in English. But mostly, I say it in Greek. Because that’s the original language for the Mass.

Kyrie eleison, in Greek, is part of the earliest known Masses. When the Mass went to Latin, the Kyrie stayed Greek.

St. Joan of Arc said it, at the last Mass she heard before the English burned her at the stake.

St. Maximillian Kolbe said it, at the last Mass he celebrated before the Nazi’s starved him to death.

For me, it’s a call-back. To the beginning. And to every generation between then and now. The saints we know, and the saints only God knows.

It’s a way of claiming our part in that big picture.”

She left without saying much. Apparently, that was not the desired answer.

Looking back, I think I left out the best part.

The Kyrie isn’t just a few words in Greek that we keep around for old times’ sake.

And it doesn’t just represent something much greater – it is something much greater.

Something worth holding on to. The thread that runs through it all. And the heart of our Faith.

Because the heart of our Faith is the mercy of God.

Kyrie eleison.

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#Kyrie eleison #Lord have mercy #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Mercy #God's Mercy #Faith #St. Maximillian Kolbe #St. Joan of Arc #Moments Before Mass

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walkswithmyfather · 8 months

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“I WILL SING OF THE MERCIES OF THE LORD”

“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,

I will sing, I will sing,

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.

With my mouth will I make known

Thy faithfulness, Thy faithfulness,

With my mouth will I make known

Thy faithfulness to all generations,

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.”

—James H. Fillmore, 1849-1936

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#bible #christian blog #god #belief in god #faith in god #christian music #christian songs #christian hymns #encouragement #keep the faith #make him known #jesus #belief in jesus #faith in jesus #mercy of god #god's mercy #god is faithful #biblequotes

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 2 years

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N.C. Wyeth (USA 1882- 1945) The Harbor at Herring Cut (1925) oil on canvas

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"God’s mercy tethers me to hope in the foolishness of a kingdom where childlike wonder, the ramblings of my manic mind, and my depressed groanings are liturgy." from “The Foolishness of a Kingdom” by Alia Joy, in A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal edited by Sarah Bessey, p. 67 [revmeg]

#The Harbor at Herring Cut #N.C.Wyeth #about art #revmeg #God's Mercy #quotes #Alia Joy #prayer

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yeslordmyking · 1 year

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God is Good, You are Not

Deuteronomy 9:4-8

[4] Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

[5] Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

[6] Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

[7] Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

[8]Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

You don't receive things from God because you have been good. You are a wicked sinner only and deserve to be destroyed for it. It is God alone who is good for giving unto you despite the fact that you are evil against Him. You have sinned, and betrayed God, forgiven or not, baptized or not. Once that first sin is committed, you are a sinner. Before then you are a weak human being that cannot perfectly obey God to begin with, and sin will come the more you let the world into your heart. Never think yourself good. Never associate your circumstances as a reflection of your goodness. Only God is good. Thank you God for being generous with your blessings for us wicked and perverse children.

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