IMMEASURABLE
MERCY
BREAD
13 David
said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is very great; but
do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
1 Chronicles 21:13 (NIV)
29 “You warned
them to return to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your
commands. They sinned against your ordinances, by which a man will live if he
obeys them. Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and
refused to listen. 30 For
many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you admonished them
through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you handed them over to
the neighboring peoples. 31 But in
your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a
gracious and merciful God.” Nehemiah
9:29-31 (NIV)
1 To
you, O Lord, I lift up my soul; 2 in you I trust, O my God. Do
not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one whose hope is in you
will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous
without excuse. 4 Show
me your ways, O Lord, teach me
your paths; 5 guide
me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you
all day long. 6 Remember,
O Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old. Psalms 25:1-6
(NIV)
13 He who
conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them
finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13 (NIV)
9 In all
their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them.
In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all
the days of old. Isaiah 63:9 (NIV)
We
do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great
mercy. Daniel 9:18 (NIV)
18 Who is
a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant
of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. Micah
7:18 (NIV)
2 Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand
in awe of your deeds, O Lord.
Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 (NIV)
50 His
mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. Luke 1:50 (NIV)
4 But
because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Sin is the dare of God’s justice, the
rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the
contempt of His love.” John Bunyan
“We
judge things by their present appearance; but the Lord sees them in their consequences. If we could do the same we would be perfectly
of His mind; but since we can’t, it is an unspeakable mercy that He will manage
for us, whether we are pleased with His management or not; and it is regarded
as one of His heaviest judgments when He gives any person up to the way of
their own hearts, and to walk according to their own wisdom.” John
Newton
“The
mercy of God is that attribute which we, the fallen, sinful race of Adam, stand
in greatest need of, and God has been pleased, according to our needs, more
gloriously to manifest this attribute than any other. The wonders of divine
grace are the greatest of all wonders. The wonders of divine power and wisdom
in the making of this great world are marvelous; many wonderful things have
happened since the creation of the world, but none like the wonders of grace.
"Grace, grace!" is the sound that the gospel rings with, "Grace,
grace!" will be that shout which will ring in heaven forever; and perhaps
what the angels sung at the birth of Christ, of God's good will towards men, is
the highest theme that ever they entered upon.”
Jonathan Edwards
“Grant,
Almighty God, that as You have made known Your law, and has also added Your
gospel, in which You call us to Your service, and also have invited us with all
kindness to partake of Your grace; O grant, that we may not be deaf, either to
Your command or to the promises of Your mercy, but render ourselves submissive
to You everywhere, and so learn to devote all our faculties to You, that we may
in truth avow that the rule of a holy and religious life, has been delivered to
us in Your law, and that we may firmly adhere to Your promises, lest through
any of the allurements of the world, or through the flatteries and delusions of
Satan, You should suffer our minds to be drawn away from that love which You
have once for all manifested to us in Your only begotten Son, and in which You
daily confirm us by the teaching of the gospel, until we at length shall come
to the full enjoyment of this love in that celestial inheritance, which has
been purchased for us by the blood of Your only Son.” John
Calvin
“There
is a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea.” Frederick
William Faber
“It is impossible
to get from preoccupation with behavior to the gospel. The gospel is not a
message about doing things. It is a message about being a new creature. It speaks to people as broken, fallen sinners
who are in need of a new heart. God has given His Son to make us new creatures.
God does open-heart surgery, not a face-lift. He produces change from inside
out. He rejects the man who fasts twice a week and accepts the sinner who cries
for mercy.” Tedd
Tripp
“God's mercy is vast and beyond our comprehension. He will never
reject anyone who turns to Him for mercy. Nor will He force Himself on anyone
who chooses to live without Him.” Michael Youssef
HEART
SAVOR
- · God is merciful and does not treat me as my sins deserve.
- · When I was dead in my sins, God Who is rich in mercy made me alive with Christ.
- · I must renounce my sin to receive mercy.
