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Today's verse is Matthew 12:7-8 with Amanda Idleman.
If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
"You can live with freedom because you trust that God is who he says he is. That is the beauty and simplicity of the gospel. He is trying to share that with the religious elites; God desires mercy, not all these laws and hoops to jump through."
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Amanda Idleman is a writer whose passion is to encourage others to live joyfully. She writes devotions for My Daily Bible Verse Devotional and Podcast, Crosswalk Couples Devotional, the Daily Devotional App, she has work published with Her View from Home, on the MOPS Blog, and is a regular contributor for Crosswalk.com. You can find out more about Amanda on her Facebook Page or follow her on Instagram.
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