Home DAILY FOUNTAIN DEVOTIONAL Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 2 March 2023 – The Ministry of Mercy

Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 2 March 2023 – The Ministry of Mercy

by Chibuzor Nwaobasi

Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 2 March 2023
Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 2 March 2023 Thursday Daily Devotional Reading 

Read Thursday Anglican Daily Fountain Devotional 2 March 2023 Message

TOPIC: The Ministry of Mercy

TEXT: Mark 2:24-3:1-13(NKJV)
24. And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
25. But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him:
26. “how he went into the house of God [in the days] of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

27. And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
28. “Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
29. And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

Daily Fountain Devotional For TThursday, MESSAGE

Religious activities amount to nothing before God if they are void of mercy.“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice”(Hos. 6:6a).The Pharisees in our text condemned the disciples of Jesus for plucking the ears of com and Jesus for healing the man with a withered hand on the Sabbath day. Plucking ears of com belonging to one’s neighbour was not condemnable (Deut.23: 25),but doing that on a Sabbath day was a violation of the law. Sometimes, we close the doors of mercy on the religious grounds; they have not met this or the other requirement! Unfortunately, some of such defenders of religious are laden with sins like the Pharisees who condemned acts of mercy and yet began plotting to kill Jesus on the same Sabbath day. What a contradiction!. The right heart disposition places mercy over religion. Be a minister of mercy!

The Lord was grieved for the hardness of the hearts of the Pharisees because they vehemently condemned healing the man with a withered hand on the Sabbath day. Do you know that you cannot be a vessel in God’s hand to minister to the needs of men, until you possess a merciful heart? How do you feel when you see the physically challenged or the poor? Is your heart hardened or compassionate towards them? Repent today from a dual nature of religion and hypocrisy.

PRAYER: Lord, please help my heart! Give me a compassionate heart towards those You bring my way. Amen.

DAILY FOUNTAIN QUOTE OF THE DAY: The earth belongs to Me and all that is in it. Psalm 24:1


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