June 29 Daily Devotional

Bible Reading

Psalm 86:

¹Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
²Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
³Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
⁴Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
⁶Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
⁷In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
⁸Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
¹⁰For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
¹¹Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
¹³For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
¹⁴O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
¹⁵But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
¹⁶O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
¹⁷Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Devotional

"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness." "The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

He revealed his great mercy in his Son Jesus Christ. Christ had compassion with those who were in physical need and dis­tress. When great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed and many others, he healed them. And when the multitude "saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk and the blind to see," they wondered, and glorified the God of Israel. And when the multitude had continued with him three days, and had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him and said, "I have compassion on the multitude." And he fed them with seven loaves and a few little fishes which the disciples had with them. And when they had eaten and were filled, they took up seven baskets full of broken pieces of food that were left. "And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children."

But the most marvelous compassion did Christ show to poor and lost sinners. He suffered and died that they might live. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." Where sin abounded, there grace did much more abound.

Marvelous grace, infinite grace,
Grace to cover all my sin."

Prayer

Most merciful God and Father, we thank Thee that Thou art merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; but Thou wilt by no means clear the guilty. May we with a penitent heart confess our sins, and receive forgiveness. May the righteous be glad in the Lord, and trust in him; and may all the upright in heart glory. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Scripture in Devotional: Lam. 3:22, 23; Ps. 145:8; Matt. 15:30-38; 1 Tim. 1:15; Rom. 5:20.

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