Archive for the ‘ Mercy ’ Category
Have mercy on those who doubt
Jude 1:22, HCSB
We keep God’s Word, and this can be shown in being compassionate and merciful on those who doubt, including ourselves. In the Old Testament and in Jesus we see God being patient and working through doubts with people, and so should we.
Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Luke 6:36, HCSB
God wants to give us all good things, and it begins with mercy when we ask. It also means that we show mercy to others just as He has to us.
The merciful are blessed, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7, HCSB
In a world of pain, violence, and oppression, God came to show His mercy and grace, and those who believe in Christ are called to the same mercy and grace toward others.
For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Recalling God’s Mercy in your life.
This Sunday at Church: Recalling God’s Mercy in your life
Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Luke 6:36, CSB
Let us help each other through life, because our Lord has offered us eternal life.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
James 1:27, ESV
In His mercy, God overlooks our man-made attempts to please Him. In His grace, He showed is what is right.
We should seek His righteousness and show mercy and grace to those who most need it.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ
Philippians 1:9-10, ESV
God grants us His mercy to seek Him, and His grace that we may find Him and love Him.
Seek God. Grow in His love and wisdom, knowing Him more and what He desires for our lives in Christ.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33, ESV
God shows mercy to us by providing much of our needs when we are going astray, and He shows grace in giving more than we are aware we have needed, especially as we seek Him and find Hos forgiveness and love.
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18, ESV
God has shown us mercy in not destroying us outright, and grace by reconciling us with Himself through the cross. Let us now lead others to that mercy and grace.
“And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”
Malachi 4:6, ESV
It can seem the world is getting worse all the time.
Yet, God has called us to show His mercy by praying that He will draw fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, whole families together and to Him.
Pray God’s mercy and grace on our world and our hearts and minds.