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