Speaker 1: Shalon Beloved, you are welcome to today's Morning Glory Devotion.
Speaker 1: We are Pastor Indickiness kills in from the Harvest Chapel
Speaker 1: International Daniamiko Marsi, and we are grateful to God to
Speaker 1: be bringing you another episode of our Morning Glory devotion.
Speaker 1: Let us kindly share a word of prayer. Our heavely Father,
Speaker 1: We thank you for your end and love and care.
Speaker 1: As we listen to your word today, please open our
Speaker 1: hearts to receive your grace and to yield to your
Speaker 1: divine restoration in Jesus's name. Amen, let us kindly take
Speaker 1: our confession for today from Joshua, chapter one, verse eight.
Speaker 1: Joshua Chapter one, the verse eight. This book of the
Speaker 1: Law shall not depart from my mouth, but I shall
Speaker 1: meditate in it day and night, that I may observe
Speaker 1: to do according to all that is written in it.
Speaker 1: For them, I will make my way prospers, and then
Speaker 1: I will have good success. Amen. Today's message is titled
Speaker 1: God is Caring enough, God is carrying enough, written by
Speaker 1: Pastor and Dickiness Baffo. Our scripture reading shall be taken
Speaker 1: from Look chapter nineteen, the verse one to ten. Look
Speaker 1: Chapter nineteen the verse one to ten, I will be
Speaker 1: reading from the New India translation. Jesus and Zachios. Jesus
Speaker 1: entered Jericho and was passing through it. Now a man
Speaker 1: named Zachios was there. He was a chief tax collector
Speaker 1: and was rich. He was trying to get a look
Speaker 1: at Jesus, but being a short man, he could not
Speaker 1: see over the crowd. So he ran on ahead and
Speaker 1: climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because
Speaker 1: Jesus was going to pass that way. And when Jesus
Speaker 1: came to that place, he looked up and said to him,
Speaker 1: Zacchios came down quickly, because I must stay at your
Speaker 1: house today. So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully.
Speaker 1: And when the people saw it, they all complained, he
Speaker 1: has gone in to be the guest of a man
Speaker 1: who is a sinner. But Zakios stopped and said to Lord, look, Lord,
Speaker 1: half of my possessions I now give to the poor,
Speaker 1: and if I have cheated any one of anything, I
Speaker 1: am paying back four times as much. Then Jesus said
Speaker 1: to him, today South Asian has come to this household
Speaker 1: because he too is a son of Abraham. For the
Speaker 1: son of man came to seek and to save the lost.
Speaker 1: The Lord add his blessings to the reading and hearing
Speaker 1: of this word. Thanks be to God. Amen. God is
Speaker 1: caring enough. God is caring enough. Growing up, my mother
Speaker 1: had a quiet evening routine before shutting down the house.
Speaker 1: She would step outside to the chicken scoop and take
Speaker 1: a careful head count. If even one hand was missed,
Speaker 1: she didn't simply strike her shoulders and lock the door.
Speaker 1: She would get herself ready, step out into the neighborhood
Speaker 1: and look around until she found where that stray bed
Speaker 1: had wandered. As a child, I wondered why she bothered
Speaker 1: over a single animal, But looking back, I see a
Speaker 1: gentle reflection of something much grander. Our God is a
Speaker 1: caring God. He seeks after us with unconditional love, patience,
Speaker 1: and determination to bring us back into fellowship with himself.
Speaker 1: Saccios was a joyous beneficiary of God's care. He was
Speaker 1: a well known, wicked and oppressive man in his community,
Speaker 1: and the people of his days did not deem him
Speaker 1: worthy for Jesus to look out for him. Step into
Speaker 1: his house, let alone spend the ninth there and dine
Speaker 1: with him. Though his image was broken and distorted by
Speaker 1: his sinful lifestyle. Jesus did not ignore him. Instead, Jesus
Speaker 1: looked up and welcomed him down from the tree, stepped
Speaker 1: into his sin, stayed home, and extended God's plan of
Speaker 1: salvation and restoration to the household. Similarly, when you and
Speaker 1: I drift from God's presence and we become vulnerable, when
Speaker 1: our faith falters, or when shame makes us want to
Speaker 1: dig into the shadows, God does not lock the gate
Speaker 1: and leave us outside. He cares, and so he comes
Speaker 1: looking for us. That's exactly what Jesus came to do.
Speaker 1: From the guardian of Eden, where man walked away from
Speaker 1: the presence of God, right down to this very moment,
Speaker 1: the father's heart has always been to bring his wandering
Speaker 1: children safely home. Though mankind rebelled against him, he still
Speaker 1: chose mercy, grace, and restoration. God is not looking for
Speaker 1: ways to destroy people. He's constantly seeking ways to save
Speaker 1: and to care for them. Oh how comforting it is
Speaker 1: for God to step down into the confusion and dejecting
Speaker 1: situations in our lives just to bring us life and hope. Beloved,
Speaker 1: God is still seeking to extend his love to people today.
Speaker 1: Through his written word and other printed godly literature, inner
Speaker 1: convictions of the Holy spirits, spirit great semons, inspired lyrics
Speaker 1: and melodies, godly friends, and other media of divine encounters.
Speaker 1: God continues to calm and woman to himself. He's commented
Speaker 1: not only to your salvation, but also to your spiritual
Speaker 1: growth and general wellbeing. Dear one, God cares, and he
Speaker 1: cares enough. Would you hack into his nocks and beckoning?
Speaker 1: Would you allow him to step into your situation today?
Speaker 1: The God who seeks also saves, restores, and establishes. He's
Speaker 1: no session for you to punish you. He's coming after
Speaker 1: you with grace, mercy, and restoration Like a mastercraftsman holding
Speaker 1: booken poettery. He wants to rebuild your life, not to
Speaker 1: toss it away. Would you let him near open your
Speaker 1: heart today? Admit your wariness and allow the good Shepherd
Speaker 1: to carry you back into his care and rest. God
Speaker 1: richly bless you. Let us kind of take our memory
Speaker 1: verse for today. Our memory verse is taken from Luke
Speaker 1: chapter nineteen, the verse ten, Look chapter nineteen, the verse ten. I.
Speaker 1: We will be reading from the New English translation for
Speaker 1: the Son of Man came to seek and to save
Speaker 1: the lost, for the son of Man came to seek
Speaker 1: and to save the lost. Amen, let us kind of
Speaker 1: share a word of prayer. Father, We thank you that
Speaker 1: you are a caring God who never gives up on us.
Speaker 1: We are deeply grateful that even when we drifts our
Speaker 1: way or hideing our shame, you step into our bookiness
Speaker 1: with grace, mercy, and restoration. Please help us to always
Speaker 1: open our hearts to your gentle knock, laying aside our
Speaker 1: wariness so that we may, because married is safely backing
Speaker 1: to your rest like a mastercraftsman. Lord, rebuild our lives
Speaker 1: and draw us closer to you every single day in
Speaker 1: Jesus' minding name Aimen beloved. Always remember this God is
Speaker 1: not looking for ways to punish or destroy us. He's
Speaker 1: constantly seeking us out with unconditional love to save, restore,
Speaker 1: and rebuild our lives. Gordiously, bless you for journing with
Speaker 1: us all through today's morning glory devotion. Kindly join us
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