Save Me Because of Your Unfailing Love

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Save Me Because of Your Unfailing Love

Date: Feb. 11, 2021

Passage

Psalm 6:1-10 (ESV)

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

1   O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
    nor discipline me in your wrath.
2   Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
    heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
3   My soul also is greatly troubled.
    But you, O LORD—how long?
4   Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
    save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5   For in death there is no remembrance of you;
    in Sheol who will give you praise?
6   I am weary with my moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.
7   My eye wastes away because of grief;
    it grows weak because of all my foes.
8   Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
    for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
9   The LORD has heard my plea;
    the LORD accepts my prayer.
10   All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
    they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 6:4b

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

1. Have mercy on me, LORD (1-7)

David was in the midst of great pain and anguish which was so great that he felt rebuked by God or disciplined by LORD's anger. His strength was gone, his vision blurred, however, he didn't give up hope in God even in his deep anguish of soul, and waited on the LORD, asking all the more for his mercy: 'Turn LORD, deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.' David deeply trusted God's never failing and unchanging love. He held onto it regardless of his present situation. Praise God for his unfailing love that sent his Son to the cross for a sinner like me! May we be like David and trust the Lord in all circumstances!

2. The LORD has heard my cry for mercy (8-10)

After his prayer, David was confident that God had heard his cry for mercy and would act on his behalf to put his enemies to shame and anguish. This is the reason he could shout, 'Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.'

Prayer: Lord, thank you for showing your unfailing love for me through Jesus Christ. Help me trust your never-changing love and pray persistently until my prayer is accepted.

One Word: God's love never fails

Countless Saved from God’s Wrath by the Blood of the Lamb

Revelation 7:1-17

Key Verse: 7:9-10

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Today's Question

Are all sins equally evil?

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