God is Merciful

“God is love, and Christ has died! That means: the Father himself loves you! You are his child! God will not withhold from you anything that is for your good. Is it not good that the whole body of sin, which is now crucified in you, should be destroyed? It shall be done! You shall be cleansed ‘from all that can defile flesh or spirit’ (2 Cor. 7:1). Is it not good that nothing should remain in your heart but the pure love of God alone? Take joy in all of this. ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength’; and ‘love your neighbor as yourself’ (Mark 12:30, 31). Stand firm in the ‘conviction of his power to do what he had promised’ (Rom. 4:21). It is your part patiently to continue in the work of faith and the labor of love, in cheerful peace, humble confidence, and with calm and accepting, but fervent, expectation, to wait until the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this work in you.”
~John Wesley

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