THE MERCY OF GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU FAR!

Understand and know God for His mercy over your life this far.
Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, the mercy of God has been consistent in seeing you this far, not to become a victim of the wicked world.
The mercy of God that has brought you this far is not because you know how to live life.
To be alive this moment is the mercy of God.
Mercy belongs to God!
God, having mercy on whom He has mercy on, is unquestionable.
God spoke to Moses, “For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.’” (Romans 9:15)
With understanding, constantly give regard to God.
Are you giving regard to God for His mercy over your life?
Psalm 28:5 identifies the importance of giving regard to God for His doing in the life of one who understands the mercy of God, “Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.”
The mercy of God is constantly consistent, allowing His goodness when walking against the word of God.
With understanding of God, know to give regard for His mercy.
Understand and know the mercy of God is with forbearance that does not run out.
The mercy of God is His loyal love; the conventional love of the covenant-keeping God. 
The mercy of God is His goodness.
Just as power belongs to God, mercy also belongs to God. 
God cannot be intimidated or manipulated by any of His creations to receive His mercy.
The mercy of God is not attainable by the strength of working among believers but by walking in the word of God. 
The mercy of God is in place for all, and nothing under heaven can displace or deny that God will visit with His mercy.
In the given days that you have by the breath of life, understand and know how to live life to attain the mercy of God, as the Bible records His word.
AMONG WAYS OF PROVOKING GOD TO OBTAIN HIS MERCY ARE:
The ways of God in place to engage the mercy of God are not to perish.
Not to perish is to have knowledge.
One who does not understand God will not have the knowledge not to perish.
Hosea 4:6 records the warning signal, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”
Gain understanding of God and know how to engage His ways, to be exposed to His mercy.
One with understanding of God will know how to attain the mercy of God.
The mercy of God is attainable when the life one is living aligns with the word of God:
One living life by the word of God is in a position to receive the mercy of God. 
For example, Joseph lived according to the word of God.
He ignored the temptation to violate the word of God and not to fail before God (Genesis 39:7-15). 
In one instance, he denied the offer to sleep with the wife of his master by claiming: “…How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9) 
Joseph reacted against the temptation of the wife of his master to experience the mercy of God, as the Bible mentions, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor…” (Genesis 39:21). 
Joseph not sinning against God made him gain the mercy of God, and he did not live a life of waste.
Besides, living aligns with the word of God to gain His mercy:
Understand and know to love and to fear God. 
The mercy of God is attainable when one trusts God, knows to ask for forgiveness, and does good.
The mercy of God is obtainable according to what one sows.
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT THE MERCY OF GOD?
The mercy of God is abundant
Numbers 14:18 states,“The Lord is long-suffering and abundant in mercy…” 
God does not run out of mercy, but it is a man who runs out of His mercy. 
Are you living outside of the word of God, expecting His mercy to be in place for you? 
Be obedient to the word of God, and live for God to experience His mercy.
The mercy of God is abundant and sufficient, but never becomes insufficient for those who fear Him. 
The mercy of God is His endurance forever. 
The word in1 Chronicles 16:34 speaks to all, confirming the endurance of God that is forever,“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”  
The everlasting God exists in His mercy.
Know to live, giving regard to God.
Jonah 2:8 “Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own Mercy.”
Disregard idols to receive the mercy of God.
From this moment, live consistently by the word of God.
Attain the unfailing mercy of God.
Understand that the mercy of God is undeniable; God is in control of mercy.
Ask that the mercy of God be continually established in your life and not to live outside of the mercy of God that does not expire.

LIVE A LIFE OF UNDERSTANDING GOD

Understanding is crucial, and all should grow in understanding to live for God.
God pays attention to the affairs of all.
God expects all to have understanding, not to livr as a fool.
Psalm 14:1-2, “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they have done abominable works. There is none who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.”
Understanding God will unlock knowing God, living for God, and having a knowing edge in the journey of life.
Take note, understanding should be a way of life.
Understanding the word of God is the evidence of knowing God, not knowing about God.
To answer as a believer, truly living for God, understanding God will give a knowing edge for a believer.
Do you know God?
Claiming to be a believer is not evidence of knowing God.
Many are unbelieving believers who do not know God.
For real, do you know God?
Do you have an understanding of God?
It is a mistaken assumption of one who claims to know God but only knows about God.
Do you know God?
All should be looking inward and seeking deeper truth if there is an understanding of how to know God.
The majority of acclaimed believers know about God but do not know God by evidence of ways of living outside of God.
It is not difficult to search oneself and know if one knows God or knows about God.
One can deceive the world by claiming to know God but not knowing God.
One who understands will know God, to live life for God, not to live a life of waste.
Understanding is that God wants His creation to live (exist) for Him.
One with an understanding of God will strive and live for God.
Revelation 4:11 records the reason why to live for God:“You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”
It is the will of God for all to exist (live) for Him, giving Him all attention.
With an understanding of what God expects comes the knowledge to walk in God (live for God).
Understand and know that all exists for God.
Understand and know to live for the glory, honour, and power of God.
When there is understanding and knowledge to live for God, such will excel for God.
Daniel understood; he knew God, and he lived for God.
Daniel 11:32 states, “…the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Understanding is crucial for anyone to walk worthy of the glory of God.
Are you living with an understanding of knowing and living for the glory of God?
Also, the level of understanding of God will determine how far anyone will walk with God.
From Genesis to Revelation, the importance of understanding is emphasised.
Psalm 14:2 records, “The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God.”
Proverbs 4:7 states, ‘…Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get Wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.
Are you giving to the word of God with understanding?
In John 8:43, rhetorically, Jesus asked and answered, “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.”
One who does not listen is not hearing the word of God repeatedly to gain understanding.
To be hearing repeatedly is the character of having faith, the evidence of understanding to know God.
Meditating on the word of God repeatedly is hearing the word of God to gain understanding of God.
Meditating is communicating with God, hearing from God, understanding God, and knowing God. Psalm 49:3 confirms that meditation will give understanding, stating: “My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.”
Gaining understanding by hearing (meditating with God) will give understanding.
Meditating is rooted in the heart.
One with understanding will draw from the heart.
Proverbs 20:5 informs, “Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.”
Again, understanding is important for gaining from the heart that is well kept, not occupied with evil.
Proverbs 4:23 warns, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”
A failure to consciously keep the heart diligent will open one to becoming a victim of evil.
Regardless of the title, as a religious one, or having been engaging life as a believer, will not deny any attempt of evil to occupy the heart.
Judas walked with Jesus but was not able to shut his heart against the devil, as Jesus testified.(John 13:2)
It is understanding to keep the heart with all diligence.
With understanding, it is to seek God to find God.
Seeking God without understanding will not find God.
It is understanding to seek God diligently to find Him.
(Deuteronomy 4:29)
Ask God to live a life of understanding be established in your life.

LIVE FOR GOD; WALKING WORTHY!

Pray that you live life for God with understanding, knowledge, and wisdom.
Anyone living for God walks worthy before God.
Are you living for God, walking worthy before God?
The character of living for God is walking with God, walking before God, or walking in Him.
Evidently, to live for God will walk with, walk before, and walk in Him.
For example, Enoch walked with God (Genesis 5:22); Noah walked with God (Genesis 5:9); Abraham walked before God(Genesis 17:1)
Just as the Old Testament records those who walked with and before God, the New Testament commands to walk in Christ Jesus.(Colossians 2:6)
Living for God, walking worthy before God, lines with to walk with, before, or in Him.
Pray continually, to live, to walk worthily before God.
With desire, backed with determination, ask that God in His mercy enable you to begin to walk worthy for His will be activated in you.
Know and walk worthy before God.
The prayer of Paul the Apostle testifies to the importance of walking worthily before God.
Colosians 1:9-10 records, “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
It is evident in the prayer of Paul the Apostle that to walk worthily demands having a ceaseless prayer, to be filled with the understanding and knowledge to walk worthy of the Lord.
HOW CAN ANYONE WITHOUT AN UNDERSTANDING KNOW WHY OR HOW TO LIVE FOR GOD
WHY LIVE FOR GOD?
The reason why all should walk worthily before God is to do according to His will.
To live according to His will is not to live a life of waste.
Live life for the will of God; He created all to EXIST (live) for Him.
Gain the understanding that all are to live (exist) for God.
Revelation 4:11 records to inform all, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”
The will of God for all is to exist for His glory, honour, and power.
Lack of understanding will not know and to live (exist) for God.
Are you living for God?
Without understanding, one will not live for God, to see God, to find God.
Living for God by walking worth is like being built, not to live a wasted life or become a victim of the wicked world.
THE LIFE OF DANIEL DEMONSTRATED HOW TO LIVE FOR GOD
Daniel is the evidence that lived a life of preparation by living for God.
Daniel experienced God and could not live a life of waste; he lived for God.
Daniel and his friends were exiles and captive servants rather than traditional domestic slaves.
They were forcibly taken from Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to serve the royal court.
Despite the challenges of life, Daniel lived a life, a kind of preparation to live for God; he walked worthily to gain the attention of God.
It was the desire that enabled Daniel to live for God.
Daniel 1:8 records of Daniel,“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.” 
The purpose in the heart of Daniel prepared him not to live outside of God.
Daniel did not defile himself, the evidence of giving regards to God.
The life of Daniel is for all to know that it is not impossible to live for God.
The Bible identifies the importance of the description of living for God, to walk worthy of His glory:
Daniel had a purposed heart to walk with God.
Daniel had a custom approach seeking God in prayer (three times a day) that is undeniable.
Living for God was glaring in the life of Daniel.
An unbelieving king identified that Daniel lived for God when King Darius testified that Daniel served God continually.
By the testimony about Daniel, living for God as a way of life, walking worthy before God, is not impossible for one who understands the will of God for all.
Revelation 4:11 speaks about God: “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”
All are to live for God, existing for Him.
From this moment, as one with the life of breath, live life for God, walk worthy of the glory of God.

MAY ANSWER WITH THE MERCY OF GOD!

Seeing a new day demands giving a heart of thanks to God.
Giving thanks is not just thinking thanks, but opening the mouth and heart to give thanks to God, which will count before God.
At the time one is living, one is at the mercy of God.
Call or meditate that the moment is at the mercy of God.
JUST AS POWER BELONGS TO GOD, MERCY ALSO BELONGS TO GOD. 
The word of God makes it known that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. (Luke 6:45)
Proverbs 18:21 states, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
This hour, day, week, or month, meditate on the mercy of God over your life.
The mercy of God is over law or power, and it delivers and preserves.
Meditation is communicating with God.
Prayerfully, one should meditate on the mercy of God over life, enabled by God.
Understand that the favour of God provokes His mercy.
Also, mercy provokes His favour.
Lot and his family were about to die a sudden death, but the favor of God granted mercy for their deliverance.
Genesis 19:19 records the testimony of Lot, “Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life.
Also, Genesis 39:21 records, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”
When asking for favour, mercy answers, and when asking for mercy, favour answers.
Mercy, the favour of God, delivers from destruction to escape sudden death.
Lot testified that INCREASED MERCY answered for his deliverance from sudden destruction at Sodom and Gomorrah.
What prompted INCREASED MERCY for Lot not to be a victim of sudden destruction?
At the time of judgment for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, God sent an agent to act as God commanded for destruction.
Lot received the angel sent by God, but he was reluctant to follow through for deliverance, so as not to be destroyed at Sodom and Gomorrah.
One point of disobedience, not to move in the direction of God, is an attempt to become a victim of disobedience to miss out on the mercy of God.
For Lot, the increased mercy of God answered for the escape of Lot.
Genesis 19:16 records, “While he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.”
The increased mercy of God is always in place to deliver the chronically disobedient to the word of God.
Lot experienced increased mercy not to be a victim of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
In this wicked world, meditate on the increased mercy of God.
The mercy of God is above any law or government of the land that can work against the hand of God.
When the law of the land wrongly locked Joseph up in prison, the mercy of God answered with the favour of God for his deliverance.
Genesis 39:21 records, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”
In the place, there was no help, but the favour of God answered with mercy for Joseph.
Daniel and his three brothers were to be terminated by Nebuchanezer if they failed to interpret his dream.
Daniel 2:16-19 records the act of Daniel, so as not to become a victim of Nebuchadnezer,“So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation. Then Daniel went to his house and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Evidently, the documentation of Lot, Joseph, Daniel, and his three brothers testifies to the truth of God.
The truth of God is His mercy, which answers for their deliverance and preservation in the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The mercy of God endures forever, and it is above all the laws and the makers of the law.
Throughout the Bible, the power of God is in His mercy.
Obedience is the character of love for God.
Jude 1:21 informs all: “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
Live for God, know that God will have mercy.
Romans 9:15 records what God said to Moses: “I will have mercy on whoever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whoever I will have compassion.”
Ask that the mercy of God, that is above every law over the land, will not elude your life in keeping you.  

Prayerfully, meditate on the mercy of God over your life in the days He has given you.

THE MONTH OF COMING OUT OF BONDAGE

Pray to come out of the bondage of sin.
As the grace of God has brought you this far, He is more than able to see you through the coming months and years in the name of Jesus.
Living life day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year is a great privilege of God.
God creates all for His glory, honour, and power.
Prophet Jeremiah testifies to the evidence, the understanding of God as the creator of all, stating, “Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)
Understand and know that God creates all.
Knowing God is to live for His glory, honor, and power.
Not to live for God is living against His word.
Living against the word of God is sin, not giving regard to the word of God.
Sin and sinning are a bondage, a way not to live for God.
Sin and sinning are not of God but to set one away from God.
Sin walks in the opposite direction of God.
A failure to do as commanded by the word of God is sin.
With sin, no man can reach God.
Giving an excuse in place of disobedience will not avoid the consequence of disobedience.
Sin is with no excuse for the consequence.
For your sin, are you counting on excuses before God?
Romans 3:23 admonishes, “…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” 
It is bondage when sin and sinning become a way of life.
Answering as a believer or holding a title, making sin a way of life will prompt the consequences of God. 
The mercy of God answers for deliverance from the bondage of sin, you know and do not know in your life.
Romans 9:15 records the word of God to Moses about His mercy, stating, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
Are you conscious of life of sin and sinning as a way of life?
To lack understanding to live for God will not have the knowledge to excel in the glory of God.
Without understanding God, one will lack knowledge of living for God.
To know the will of God is the key to living for His glory.
The will of God is for all to exist to Him, giving Him glory, honor, and power.
Revelation 4:11 records, “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”
When there is no understanding, there will be no power to strive and know not to live a life of obedience before God.
The bondage of sin takes away life, but Jesus came to give life abundantly.
Jesus paid the price by going to the cross for the sinners.
All should be obedient to the word of God, living life for God, not a life of sin.
Consider a new day to come out of the bondage of sin.
Search yourself, give regard to the price paid by Jesus, not to live a life of waste.
Sin is the character of evil to kill and destroy.
Jesus said He is here to give life abundantly.
John 10:10 encourages, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
Choose against the slave of sin.
Jesus has paid on the cross, shed His blood, and resurrected after His death by crucifixion.
Jesus triumphed over death.
Live life for God, come out of the bondage of sin, Jesus has paid to be free.
Make it a way of life, not to live in bondage to sin.
All should live a life reflecting the price paid on the cross by Jesus, reminding all not to live a life of sin.
Celebrating the price paid on the cross for all not to be victims of sin, but to take life abundantly, Jesus brought.
It is worthy to give regard to God for the price paid to bring all out of the bondage of sin.
Living a life not of bondage to sin, giving regard to God as a way of life, to be filled by the word of God, not the world of sin.
One that is not free is in bondage.
John 8:43 informs, “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
One who knows the truth will be free and not be a victim of bondage.
Meditating on the word of God, the way, the truth of God, is bound to be free from the bondage of sin.
John 14:6 identifies the only way not to live a life of bondage, stating, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Know the truth, not about so as not to be a slave of sin.
Ask for the power of the resurrection of Jesus, answer in your life, not to live a life of waste.