MERCY
BEGETS MERCY
BREAD
21 Yet
this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: 22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your
faithfulness. Lamentations 3:21-23
(NIV)
2 Praise
the Lord, O my soul, and forget
not all his benefits-- 3 who
forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the
pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires
with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Psalms 103:2-5 (NIV)
11 For as
high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who
fear him; 12 as far
as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a
father has compassion on his children, so the Lord
has compassion on those who fear him; Psalms
103:11-13 (NIV)
8 “Remember
the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I
will scatter you among the nations, 9 but if you return to me and obey my commands, then
even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from
there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’” Nehemiah 1:8-9 (NIV)
18 Give
ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that
bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but
because of your great mercy. Daniel
9:18 (NIV)
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)
6 Remember,
O Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious
ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O Lord. Psalms 25:6-7 (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
“To added
affliction He addeth His mercy, to multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.” Annie
Johnson Flint
“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
“Peacemakers are people who breathe grace. They draw continually on the goodness and
power of Jesus Christ, and then they bring His love, mercy, forgiveness,
strength and wisdom to the conflicts of daily life. God delights to breathe His grace through
peacemakers and use them to dissipate anger, improve understanding, promote
justice and encourage repentance and restoration.” Ken Sande
“Mercy imitates
God and disappoints Satan.” John Chrysostom
“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
Michael Youssef
“God’s willingness
to show mercy appears by His joyfulness when sinners take hold on His
mercy. God’s goodness is that He
rejoices at the salvation of sinners and is glad when His mercy is
accepted. God rejoices when a poor
sinner comes in and takes hold of His mercy.
What an encouragement to believe in God!
He is a God of pardons. Mercy
pleases Him. Nothing prejudices us but
unbelief. Unbelief stops the current of
God’s mercy from running, shut God’s bowels, closes the cavity of Christ’s
wounds, so no healing virtue will come out.
As far as the heavens are above the earth, so far is God’s mercy above
our sins. What will tempt us to believe,
if not the mercy of God?” Thomas Watson
“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
“Among
the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more
brilliance than justice.” Miguel de Cervantes
“We
should follow Christ in simplicity and faith, because the paths in which He
leads us all end in glory and immortality.
It is true they may not be smooth paths – they may be covered with sharp
flinty trials, but they lead to the ‘city with foundations, whose architect and
builder is God.’ ‘All the ways of the
Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of His covenant.’ Let’s put full trust in our Leader, since we
know that, come prosperity or adversity, sickness or health, popularity or
contempt, His purpose shall be worked out, and that purpose shall be pure,
unmingled good to every heir of mercy…..His dear love will make us far more
blessed than those who sit at home and warm their hands at the world’s fire.” Charles H. Spurgeon
HEART
SAVOR
· Christ has
redeemed my life from the pit by His great compassion and mercy.
· Every soul
is in need of God’s mercy.
· God is rich
in mercy.
