
You can’t talk about Christianity without talking about mercy.
But don’t take my word for it.
“The Lord is a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” (variations)
-Exodus 34:6 -Psalm 25:6 -Psalm 40:11 -Psalm 51:1
-Psalm 69:16 -Psalm 86:15 -Psalm 103:4 -Psalm 103:8
-Psalm 111:4 -Psalm 145:8 -Nehemiah 9:17 -Lamentations 3:22
Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you -Deuteronomy 4:30a
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. -Psalm 23:6
Great is your mercy, O Lord; be gracious to me according to your justice. -Psalm 119:156
The souls of the wicked desire evil; their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes. -Proverbs 21:10
Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.” -Daniel 4:27
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. -Zecharia 7:9-10
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” -Matthew 5:7
Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, -Luke 1:78
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. -Luke 6:36
Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” -Luke 1036-37
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.-1 Timothy 1:12-14
For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. -James 2:13
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, in truth and love. -2 John 1:3
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance. Jude 1:2
Who do you know who needs to hear this?
Have a great week,
Mitch


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