Bible Reading: Exodus 5:22-7:25; Matthew 18:21-19:12; Psalm 23:1-6; Proverbs 5:22-23
The common theme that I saw running thru today’s passages is the hardness of the human heart even in the face of God’s mercy. Mercy is something I cry out for daily...sadly not for others but for me. Mercy is defined by the Thompson Chain Reference Bible as a form of love especially directed toward the needy and unworthy. That is me! Needy and unworthy.
The common theme that I saw running thru today’s passages is the hardness of the human heart even in the face of God’s mercy. Mercy is something I cry out for daily...sadly not for others but for me. Mercy is defined by the Thompson Chain Reference Bible as a form of love especially directed toward the needy and unworthy. That is me! Needy and unworthy.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),—Ephes 2:4-5
So much to think about...praying for a soft and merciful heart this morning and that God would keep my own heart with all diligence for truly out of it springs the issues of life.
God’s mercy is eternal
Psalm 103:17: But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,
God’s mercy is boundless
Psalm 108:4: For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds.
God’s mercy prolongs life
Lamentations 3:22-23: Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
Encourages Penitence
Joel 2:13: So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God,
For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
God’s mercy forgives sin
Micah 7:18: Who is a God like You,
Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
Makes Salvation Possible
Titus 3:5: not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Reasons to be merciful...
Proverbs 11:17: The merciful man does good for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Matthew 5:7: Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
James 2:13: For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Ending with these gems...
Hos 12:6: So you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually.
Micah 6:8: He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Mercy Promised to the righteous...
Psalm 23:6: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me. All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.
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