To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. Daniel 9:9   The context of this verse is when the children of God have been enslaved to the empire of Babylon and it is through the prophet Jeremiah’s word from God that Daniel knows that the bondage of the Israelites will not last forever. The children…

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing….and clothed me with gladness. Psalms 30:11   Psalm 30 is referred to as a psalm of thanks. David, the psalmist was brought out of great distress and thanked God for rescuing him from a close encounter with death. David almost died and he cried out to God for help and God rescued him.…

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods….Deut. 11:16   In this chapter God warns Israelites through Moses, as they are about to enter the promised land. He reminds them of God’s miracles in bringing them out of Egypt: how He spoiled the Pharaoh and all of his land, how He destroyed the…