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God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 — Psalm 126. Today we land in one of the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120–134): a “road trip playlist” Israel would sing on the way to Jerusalem—step by step, closer and closer to the presence of God.And Psalm 126 sounds like somebody who just got freed.It's the song of a restored soul: “We were like those who dream… our mouth was filled with laughter… the Lord has done great things for us.” This is worship that comes after bondage breaks. After the waiting ends. After the tears finally turn.If your week has been heavy, read this Psalm like it's your best report—because the God who restored Zion is still restoring people. He's still turning weeping into sheaves, and tears into joy.And don't miss this: we need church for this exact reason. Someone's celebrating deliverance… while somebody else is still in the middle of the storm—so we borrow faith from each other and keep walking upward.Today, Psalm 126 it. Laugh again. Hope again. Worship again. The same God who brought you through before is not done with you yet.
God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Friday, Feb 27, 2026 — Haggai 2 (final pass this week). This Sunday is Fill the House Sunday, and we're going to preach the gospel straight through Haggai 2… so today's episode is the set-up punch you don't want to miss.We come back to the heart of the chapter: Stop living on old stories. God is still moving today. Former experiences are great… but fresh encounters are what faith is built on.Then Haggai gets extremely practical: Holy doesn't “rub off” on unholy. But unholy can contaminate holy. In other words: it's easier to tear down than build up—so guard what God is rebuilding in you.And then the chapter ends with a twist that will light you up: God looks at Zerubbabel—a man with a cursed family line—and says, “I'm making you my signet ring. I've chosen you.” Translation: obedience can rewrite what your bloodline tried to hand you.If you've ever thought, “God can't use me… not with my past, not with my family, not with my mess,” Haggai 2 says: watch what God can do with one obedient yes.Read the chapter with fresh eyes today. God isn't finished—and you're not disqualified.
God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Thursday, Feb 26, 2026 — Isaiah 40. Today's chapter comes with a little birthday roast (Joseph turns 40 on Isaiah 40… the Lord has jokes), but then Isaiah flips the whole room.Yes—verse 31 is in here. We love it. But today we zoom in on the truth underneath the verse everyone posts:People fade. Nations fade. Enemies come and go. “All flesh is grass…” But the Word of our God stands forever.That means when everything in your life gets shaken—what lasts is what God said. So don't just wear the verse on a shirt… put it in your soul. Read it. Live it. Speak it.And then Isaiah fires a command that changes your posture: “Behold your God.” Eyes up. Distractions down. Faith forward.This episode is a call to anchor your life in what can't fail, and to become the kind of person Isaiah describes: the one who climbs the mountain and heralds good news—because beautiful feet belong to people who actually carry the gospel.Fade-proof Word. Fixed focus. Bold proclamation. Isaiah 40 doesn't just encourage you—it re-centers you.
God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026 — Hebrews 12. This one got recorded twice… because it deserved to hit harder.Hebrews 11 is the Hall of Faith. Hebrews 12 is the call to finish—and then it turns the lights on in the last half of the chapter: Sinai vs. Zion.At Sinai, holiness is terrifying. The mountain shakes. The people back up. Even Moses trembles.At Zion, we come through Jesus—the mediator of a new covenant—under blood that speaks a better word.And then the warning lands with weight: don't refuse the God who is speaking. Because the same God who saved you… will shake everything.Not to scare you—to expose what's real. Everything shakable goes. Only the unshakable remains.So here's the gut-check of the episode: If God shook your life today—your schedule, your habits, your “church stuff,” your secret stuff—what would still be standing?This is a fire chapter:Grace doesn't make God casual.Worship isn't optional.And the closing line is a warning label: “Our God is a consuming fire.”Let Him shake what needs to fall—so what's eternal can finally stand.
God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026 — Haggai 2. Obedience has begun… and so has the discouragement.They finally start rebuilding the temple, and then the comparison creeps in: “It's not like it used to be.” “This isn't as impressive as Solomon's.” And the moment the work can't be stopped, the enemy tries to shrink it with nostalgia and negativity.So God speaks straight into weary hands and tired hearts:“Be strong… work… for I am with you… fear not.” (Haggai 2:4–5)This episode is a reset for anyone measuring faithfulness by flash:Don't measure your obedience by the size of the task.Measure it by the presence of God in it.Because God's promise is wild: “The latter glory… shall be greater than the former… and in this place I will give peace.” (Haggai 2:9)The temple didn't need better bricks. It needed the presence of God. And what feels small in obedience today may be massive in eternity.If He's calling you to it, He'll walk with you through it.
God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Monday, Feb 23, 2026 — Haggai 1 (final time here). This chapter doesn't just rebuke misplaced priorities… it shows you what revival looks like in real time.Today we land on the turning point: Haggai 1:12–14. When God confronts the drift, the people don't argue. They don't blame. They don't delay.The leaders respond (Zerubbabel + Joshua).The remnant responds (everyday people).They obey the Word and fear the Lord.And then God speaks the sentence we all need when obedience feels costly:“I am with you, declares the LORD.”Here's the pattern: Conviction → Agreement → Obedience → Presence → Work → Revival. Not hype. Not emotion. A people who see what God is doing, join Him, and start building again.If you've felt the drought, the frustration, the “nothing is satisfying” cycle—this is your moment: stop responding to your plans… and start responding to God's actions. When you step onto His side, He doesn't leave you alone in the fight.He's with you. Now build.
God has not run out of mercy — not for you, not today.Saturday, Feb 21 — Psalm 127 (five verses… and it swings a sledgehammer).This is the line that ends the illusion of control:“Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” Translation: Busy doesn't equal blessed. Sweat isn't the same as significance.Psalm 127 confronts three things we keep trying to carry alone:Building: If God isn't the Builder, your “success” is a sandcastle.Protecting: If God isn't the Watchman, your anxiety is wasted effort.Providing: Stop eating the bread of anxious toil — God gives His beloved sleep.And then it turns straight to the home: Children aren't a burden — they're a heritage. But an arrow isn't dangerous on a table. An arrow is dangerous in the hand of a warrior. Parents: don't just raise happy kids. Raise kids the enemy fears.Today's question is simple and piercing: Is the Lord building your life… or are you? Put God in it all — because if He's not in it, no amount of work can make it matter.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.On Friday, February 20, we're back in Haggai 1, but today the spotlight is on one verse that will either wake you up or expose you:“Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house… that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified.” (Hag. 1:8)This is the correction we don't want—but desperately need: God doesn't always send a miracle first. Sometimes He hands you a shovel, points at the mountain, and says, “Start.”We keep waiting on the big breakthrough… while God is waiting on our obedience. We keep praying for provision… while God is calling for participation.Here's the principle: Do what you can, so God can do what you can't. You can't change a heart. You can't save anyone. But you can take the hike, bring the wood, and build what honors Him.Today's challenge is simple and practical: bring somebody with you. Invite them to worship. Invite them into the Word. Put in the work—so God gets the glory.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.On Thursday, February 19, we're in Luke 12, and Jesus drops a warning that hits like a gavel: your life does not consist in the abundance of your possessions.This episode sits in the progression we've been walking all week:Haggai 1: misplaced prioritiesDeuteronomy 8: prosperity that makes you forget GodLuke 12: the moment comfort turns into covetousnessJesus tells the parable of the rich fool—a man with overflowing harvests who solves abundance with bigger barns… but never once talks to God, never once thanks God, never once thinks about stewardship—only storage. And God's verdict is terrifyingly simple: “Fool… this night your soul is required of you.”Here's the line you need today: Jesus refuses to referee greed. He exposes it. He warns against it. And He calls us out of hoarding into stewarding—because eternity doesn't consult your retirement plan.So pray one honest prayer today: “Lord, what do You want me to do with what You've given me?” Not someday. Not after “enough.” Today.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.On Wednesday, February 18, we're in Deuteronomy 8—and it pairs perfectly with yesterday's warning in Haggai 1. Haggai confronts misplaced priorities. Deuteronomy 8 confronts what often creates them: prosperity.Moses is looking Israel in the eyes and saying, “You're about to walk into a good land—streams, harvest, abundance, stability… so don't forget the Lord.” Because the wilderness can break you, but comfort can erase you.And here's the detail that will mess with you: “Your clothing did not wear out… and your foot did not swell these forty years.” Forty years of walking—and God held their bodies together, their clothes together, their daily bread together. That's not a one-time miracle. That's daily mercy.This episode is a call to recognize what we tend to overlook: the miracles that feel “normal” because they're constant. Breath in your lungs. Strength to work. A mind that can think. A Savior who intercedes. The Spirit who dwells. Grace that keeps showing up.Deuteronomy 8 is God saying: I took care of you when you had nothing. Don't get comfortable and start acting like you did it when you have everything. Prosperity is a test—because it tempts you to trust the gift and forget the Giver.So here's today's challenge: write down the mercies you're in danger of forgetting. Name them. Remember them. Let memory turn into worship—before comfort turns into drifting.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.On Tuesday, February 17, our reading takes us to Haggai 1—a short chapter with a long shadow. The people are back from exile, free to rebuild… and they start with their own houses while God's house sits in ruins. And the issue isn't money. It's priority.Haggai exposes a deadly phrase we still use today: “Not yet.” “We'll obey later.” “We'll rebuild later.” “We'll get serious later.” But spiritual procrastination is never neutral—delayed obedience is disobedience.God's question is sharp: Is it time for you to live in paneled houses while My house lies in ruins? In other words: How did your comfort get finished first and My glory get pushed to the bottom of the list? Because what you prioritize is what you worship.Then comes the refrain that won't let you off the hook: “Consider your ways.” Look at your life. Look at your calendar. Look at your bank account. Look at what gets your first, your best, your energy, your attention.Haggai names the fruit of misaligned priorities: busy but barren. Eating but not satisfied. Drinking but still empty. Working hard, but it's like putting wages into a bag with holes—always leaking, always stressed, always chasing.This episode is a wake-up call: full schedules, empty souls. God doesn't want your leftovers—He wants your first love.So today's challenge is simple and ruthless: consider your ways. What does your life say you worship? And what needs to move back to the top—today, not later.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.On February 16, we're back in Titus 3 one more time—because sometimes you don't need a new passage, you need fresh eyes on the same one. After hearing Titus 3 preached, we return to the final lines of the letter (Titus 3:12–15) and Paul pulls the curtain back on what real ministry looks like.It's not always a platform. Sometimes it's painfully practical: “Do your best… see that they lack nothing.” Paul tells Titus to send gospel workers forward—Zenas and Apollos—and to send them well supplied. The mission keeps moving, and the church's job is to make sure the work isn't slowed down by what could've been provided.Then the punch lands: Paul isn't asking if you're faithful. He's asking if you're fruitful.You can attend every week and still be unproductive spiritually. God didn't call you to be an “attendance guy.” He called you to be a disciple who produces fruit that lasts—holiness, obedience, disciple-making, and a life that actually looks like Jesus in the real world.So today's question is simple and uncomfortable: What are you producing? And the closing encouragement is exactly what you need to hear: “Grace be with you all.” Because it takes grace to stay fruitful in a culture that trains you to drift.Don't just be present. Be productive. And may grace be with you today.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.February 14 takes us to Psalm 103, and this is a worshipful gut-check. Titus 3 told us the truth: salvation doesn't flow from merit—it flows from mercy. Psalm 103 turns that doctrine into doxology.David starts by talking to his own soul: “Bless the Lord, O my soul… and forget not all his benefits.” Translation: worship isn't always spontaneous—sometimes it's intentional. And if we're honest, a lot of us don't have a worship problem… we have a forgetting problem.Here's today's challenge: stop casually remembering God. Because you will never consistently worship a God you casually remember.Psalm 103 forces you to remember what you keep overlooking: He forgives. He heals. He redeems. He crowns. He satisfies. He doesn't just pull you out of the pit—He puts a crown on your head. He doesn't just erase your sin—He restores your soul. And if you're waiting to “feel” worship, this psalm says: start remembering. Write it down. Rehearse it. Preach to your own heart.So today, don't scroll past grace. Don't yawn at mercy. Don't forget the benefits.Read all 22 verses. Slow down. Let each line hit you. And then live like someone who's been forgiven, healed, redeemed, crowned, and satisfied—because you have.Remember Him. And worship like you mean it.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.On February 13, we're back in Titus 3—not to repeat ourselves, but to let the Word sink in before Sunday. Paul's message is crystal clear: you can bank on the gospel. “The saying is trustworthy.” This is not religious hype. This is a verdict.Today's focus is Titus 3:8–11—what happens after mercy finds you. Paul tells Titus, “Insist on these things.” Keep saying it. Keep affirming it. Don't let the gospel become background noise—because when grace becomes “just there,” we start treating Scripture like the stars: beautiful, constant… and ignored.But the gospel isn't decoration. It's oxygen.So here's the push: insist on grace—and then let grace produce a life that matches it. Not works to earn salvation, but good works as the fruit of salvation. The redeemed should be “careful to devote themselves to good works”—because this is what's excellent and profitable for people.And then Paul draws a hard line: avoid the pointless fights—the debates that don't make you look like Jesus. The controversies that loop forever. The divisive voices that love arguments more than the gospel. Protect the church. Keep the main thing the main thing.Today's episode is a call to stop treating the Word like it's casually available. Don't just let it be there. Read the whole chapter. Take it slow. And insist on the truth until it shapes your life.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.February 12 takes us into Romans 5, where Paul grounds your faith in something sturdier than feelings: grace. If your peace with God rises and falls on your emotions, Romans 5 is here to steady you.In this episode, we trace what happens when you've been justified by faith: the war is over, the case is closed, the gavel has fallen—peace with God is yours through Jesus Christ. Grace isn't a doorway you nervously step through; it's the foundation you stand on.And then Paul goes deeper: grace doesn't deny suffering—it outlasts it. Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, character produces hope… and hope doesn't shame you, because God's love has been poured into your heart by the Holy Spirit.Then comes the power: while we were still weak… still ungodly… still sinners… Christ died for us. Grace didn't wait for worthiness. Grace created worthiness.Romans 5 ends by putting two outcomes side by side: Adam brought sin, death, and condemnation. Jesus brings righteousness, life, and justification. And where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.So here's today's word: stop living like the verdict is still up for debate. The cross settled it. Grace sealed it. Hope holds you fast.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.February 11 takes us to Luke 15, where Jesus puts flesh and bones on the truth we've been talking about: God is the One who finds the lost. Three parables. One message. A Shepherd who pursues, a Woman who searches, and a Father who runs.This isn't about a careless sheep—it's about an intentional Shepherd who carries the weight of your wandering on His shoulders. This isn't about a coin “finding itself”—it's about relentless grace turning the house upside down to bring you home. And this isn't just a story—it “pulls blood from theology”: a Father embracing a son before he's clean, kissing him before he confesses, restoring him without shame, and throwing a celebration that echoes in heaven.But Luke 15 doesn't only confront the rebel who ran—it confronts the moral older brother who stayed… and is still lost.The chapter ends with a question that won't leave you alone: Which son are you?If you've wandered, He pursues. If you're helpless, He searches. If you're ashamed, He runs. If you're resentful, He comes outside for you too.Luke 15 isn't about you getting your act together. It's about realizing what kind of Father you're coming home to.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.Tuesday, February 10 takes us into Titus 3:3–7, and Paul's words do what they're supposed to do: they humble you, wake you up, and pull you back to grace.In this episode, Pastor Anthony gives a simple but soul-rattling call: remember who you were… and live like you've been saved. Because it's dangerously easy to get “mature” in the faith and forget the pit God pulled you out of.Titus 3 doesn't romanticize the past—it names it: foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to passions, drowning in envy, malice, and hatred. That's what we once were. But then the most beautiful word breaks the darkness:“But…”“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared…” He saved us.Not because we cleaned ourselves up. Not because we earned it. Not because we brought anything impressive to the table.He saved us according to His mercy—through the washing of regeneration, the renewing of the Holy Spirit, and the finished work of Jesus Christ. And He didn't just rescue us—He adopted us: justified by grace, made heirs, given the hope of eternal life.So today's challenge is clear: stop living like what you used to be. Live saved. If Jesus took the wrath for your sin and brought you into the Father's family, then let your life point back to Him—with gratitude, holiness, and bold joy.You were once enslaved. But He saved you. Go live like it today.
In this episode of New Mercies, we open Titus 2 (especially vv. 11–14) and watch what grace actually does when it shows up. Grace doesn't just save you—it trains you. It doesn't only rescue you from the penalty of sin; it starts rewiring your appetites, your impulses, your habits, your yes's and no's.Paul's message to Titus is blunt and beautiful: when the grace of God appears, it brings salvation… and then it starts a war inside of you. Not a war against “those people out there,” but a daily renouncing of the ungodliness in here—the old man, the lingering flesh, the worldly passions that keep trying to reclaim territory.And in place of what you renounce, grace produces something visible:Self-control inwardlyUprightness toward othersGodliness in a watching worldAll of it anchored to one blazing reality: we are waiting for our blessed hope—Jesus returning, not as Savior this time, but as King.If the love of Jesus has truly penetrated your soul, it will change how you live today. And if it hasn't… Titus 2 will lovingly confront you.Open the Word. Let it breathe. Let grace train you. And let the hope of His appearing reshape your life right now.
God has not run out of mercy—not for you, not today.The New Mercies Podcast is back, relaunched as a daily Scripture-centered moment designed to do more than inform you—it's meant to bring you back to life. In this first episode, Pastor Anthony lays the foundation for why this podcast exists and why the Bible was never meant to be treated like a textbook or skimmed like content.Rooted in 2 Timothy 3, Ezekiel 37, and John 20, this episode reframes Scripture as what it truly is: the very breath of God. The Word doesn't just teach—it breathes. And when we slow down long enough to wait on that breath, dry bones live again.This isn't commentary. This isn't noise. This is a daily invitation to open the Word, wait on the breath, and watch God bring life where things have felt dead.If Scripture has ever felt distant… If your faith has felt dry… If you've been skimming instead of breathing…This is where revival starts.New mercies. Every morning. One breath at a time.
Encouragement today from journal to journal...
Encouragement today from Psalm 18:16-19!
Encouragement today from Saturday's Temple Song: Psalm 92!
Encouragement today from Friday's Temple Song: Psalm 93Check out the other episodes talking about Psalm 93 here: Episode 82: https://rss.com/podcasts/newmercies/531204/ Episode 326: https://rss.com/podcasts/newmercies/873178/
Encouragement today from Thursday's Temple Praise: Psalm 81!
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Encouragement today from Psalm 82! (Tuesday's Psalm in the Temple)
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Encouragement today from 2 Samuel 7-9!
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