{"id":3344,"date":"2014-08-31T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2014-08-19T11:25:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T10:25:36","slug":"merciful-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2014\/08\/31\/merciful-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Merciful Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u2018Have mercy upon me, O God,\u2028According to Your lovingkindness;\u2028According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,\u2028Blot out my transgressions\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/114\/psa.51.1.nkjv\" target=\"_blank\">Ps.51:1[NKJV]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cI\u2019m in a desperate situation!\u201d David replied to Gad. \u201cBut let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.\u201d<\/em> <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/116\/1ch.21.13.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">1Chr.21:13<\/a>. David knew that with God there is mercy. David knew that if he ended up in the hands of man, he would not find mercy. In fact man will flog you for those three months and ask for extra time to keep flogging you. If you need to understand something today, understand that with God <!--more-->there is mercy. \u2018<em>So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most<\/em>\u2019 <a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/116\/heb.4.16.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">Heb.4:16<\/a>. And God dealt with him. An angel began to sweep through Israel and killed 70,000 people. \u2018<em>And David said to God, \u201cI am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep\u2014what have they done? O Lord my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people\u201d.<\/em> <em>Then the Lord spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath\u2019 <\/em><a title=\"Read the Bible\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.com\/116\/1ch.17.17,27.nlt\" target=\"_blank\">1 Chr.21:17&amp;27<\/a>. This would have been the first and only battle David lost but he didn\u2019t fight it. He said to God, \u201cYou deal with me, don\u2019t send me to war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David didn\u2019t do so well in emotional battles. Which brings us to another battle he almost lost amongst the seventeen listed earlier. David almost lost the battle with Absalom his son. The toughest battle anyone can fight is the battle against your own child. I am praying today, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that you will never have to fight your children. You might be wondering how David got into a battle with his son. David had many wives. Amnon didn\u2019t have the same mother with Absalom and his sister Tamar. Tamar was very beautiful and Absalom loved her very much. But Amnon was lusting after Tamar, in his weakness; he received bad counsel from his friend Jonadab and Amnon raped Tamar. Be careful who your friends are. A lot of people think friends are just harmless. They can determine the path of your destiny. God forgives but God also disciplines. In fact the Bible says \u2018who the Father accepts, He chastises\u2019. Chastisement is a sign of acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong> [song]: \u2018Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy on me. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy on me\u2019, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Have mercy upon me, O God,\u2028According to Your lovingkindness;\u2028According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,\u2028Blot out my transgressions\u2019 Ps.51:1[NKJV] \u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m in a desperate situation!\u201d David replied to Gad. \u201cBut let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.\u201d 1Chr.21:13. 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