Live Happy! - Part 5
Dr. Ron Crum
June 18, 2023
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Psalms 37:4 NKJV
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
Proverbs 3:13
“Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.”
Matthew 5:7 GNB
“Happy are those who are merciful to others, God will be merciful to them.
Matthew 5:7 Phillips
“Happy are the merciful, for they will have mercy shown to them!”
Mercy is love in action.
Psalm 145:8
“God is kind and merciful, slow to get angry and full of love.”
1. If I’m merciful, I will be patient with those who are
I Thessalonians 5:14
“…Encourage the timid, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.”
2. If I’m a Merciful person, I’ll forgive those who have
Colossians 3:13
“Be gentle and ready to forgive, never hold grudges. Remember the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.”
3. If I’m a merciful person, I will help those who are
Proverbs 3:27
“Wherever you possibly can, do good to those who need it.”
I John 3:17-18 Living Bible
“If someone who is supposed to be a Christian has enough money to live on and sees a brother in need but won’t help him, how can God’s love be in him? Let’s stop just saying we love people, let’s show it by our actions.”
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.” —John Wesley
Jude 1:24
“Be merciful to those who doubt.”
4. If I’m merciful, I’ll do good to my
Luke 6:33, 35-36
“If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you! Even sinners do that! But love your enemies, do good to them, then your reward will be great. Be merciful, just as your Father is!”
Mercy Motivators
- Because God has shown me
Matthew 18:3 LB
“Shouldn’t you be merciful to other people just as I have been merciful to you?”
2. Because I’m going to need
James 2:13 Phillips
“The man who makes no allowances for others will find none made for him.”
3. Because it makes me
*”Happy are the merciful.” *
“Unhappy are the unmerciful.”
Proverbs 11:17 LB
“Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.”
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