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What I need to know about God’s mercy
• Mercy is essential to the
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. Psalm 116:5 ESV
The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate. 2 Chronicles 30:9 CEB
The Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him, and proclaimed the name, “The Lord.” The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: “The Lord! The Lord! a God who is compassionate and merciful, very patient, full of great loyalty and faithfulness, showing great loyalty to a thousand generations, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion, yet by no means clearing the guilty. Exodus 34:5–7 CEB
• Mercy is
Reveal your miraculous deeds of mercy, O Savior of those who find refuge by your side from those who attack them. Psalm 17:7 GW
“God’s mercy is His tenderhearted, loving compassion for His people. It is His tenderness of heart toward the needy. If grace contemplates humans as sinful, guilty, and condemned, mercy sees them as miserable and needy.” Millard Erickson, Christian Theology
• People often lack mercy
Stay away from her! Don’t go near the door of her house! If you do, you will lose your honor and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved. Proverbs 5:8–9 NLT
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Proverbs 12:10 NKJV
• God’s mercy is
David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.” 2 Samuel 24:14 NIV
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22–23 NLT
My lips will praise you because your mercy is better than life itself. Psalm 63:3 GW
What I need to do because of God’s mercy
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He shows mercy to everyone, from one generation to the next, who honors him as God… . He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful. Luke 1:50, 54 NIV
What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory. Romans 9:23 NIV
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 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
• Jesus’s
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” … Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” Matthew 15:22, 28 NIV
When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.” … Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. Matthew 17:14–15, 18 NIV
Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” Mark 5:19 NIV
• In order for me to live
God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 5:7 NLT
“But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:13 NIV
They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. Romans 1:31 NLT
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:36 NIV
You show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it. 1 John 3:18 CEV
By showing mercy, I
Memory Verse
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:36 NIV
Next Steps
I will seek opportunities this week to be merciful in tangible ways to those in need.
I will register for a Connection Group today to draw closer to the God of mercy.