But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord had brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keeps his commandments, to a thousand generations, Deuteronomy 7:8-9 As we know, the Israelites are God’s chosen people. He was motivated by love for them. God keeps his promises to those chosen people – from generation after generation.…
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God’s Steadfast Love and Mercy
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 We can be certain that God’s love will never abandon us. With all the wrong choices we make, He will love us. This doesn’t mean that with the choices we make, there are not consequences, because there will be. Sin is sin. Disobedience is disobedience. As long as we return to him with repentance, His mercies are new every morning . God is patient, he does give us time to work through things. God’s love is steadfast. Steadfast means resolutely or dutifully firm…