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    Every day this week, you'll find some devotional notes to inspire prayer and praise. We'll also be gathering together for prayer and worship on Wednesday at 7pm and early Friday at 6am; both at our brand new building The Living Room, High Street Cowley, UB8 2DZ.

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    Justice & Mercy

    BUT ZACCHAEUS STOOD UP AND SAID TO THE LORD, ‘LOOK, LORD! HERE AND NOW I GIVE HALF OF MY POSSESSIONS TO THE POOR, AND IF I HAVE CHEATED ANYBODY OUT OF ANYTHING, I WILL PAY BACK FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT.’ JESUS SAID TO HIM, ‘TODAY SALVATION HAS COME TO THIS HOUSE’
    (LUKE 19:8-9, NIV)

    Changed hearts give us a passion for justice and mercy


    ‘Cheated anybody out of anything’ this could have been the inscription on Zacchaeus’ gravestone. Instead, Jesus shows him the love and acceptance that he thought he was too far gone to receive. In the verses above we find Zacchaeus committing to give half of his possessions to the poor and repaying with 400% interest anything he had stolen.

    When Jesus tells him that salvation has come to his house, he’s not saying that giving to the poor has earned him salvation (after all he hasn’t actually given anything away yet), instead he’s pointing out the evidence of a changed heart; the overflow of a forgiven soul.

    Ezekiel’s prophecy (36:26-27) is a good description of what happens to us when we know Jesus, ‘And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.’

    Prayer Prompts

    1) Praise God for showing you that he’s ‘gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithful’ (Ex 34:6)

    2) Ask the Father to fill you with the Holy Spirit so that he can help you to be generous, just and merciful.

    3) Pray for God’s blessing on those running and using Hillingdon Foodbank

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