Chicago Youthcure Powercast

The Power of a Changed Life. It all begins with God's Mercy.How many of us really want to change. But the struggle is too great. The power to change begins with God's Mercy. But so many miss out on God's mercy and never receive it. What is the key to receive God's mercy? REALIZE YOU ARE MESSED UP AND BEG FOR GOD'S MERCY!Here Jesus tells a story to some people who didn't think they were messed up (becuase they were confident of their own righteouseness). Luke 189 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about[a] himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have merc