Psalm 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Do you know what a merciful, compassionate God we serve? Do you know he listens to the cries of our heart? He’s even known for changing his mind in response to our prayers. Many Continue Reading…
Hosea 11:4 “I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.” [NIV] God meets us right where we are. And he often uses human kindness to Continue Reading…
Romans 13:8-10 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. … Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. It seems like we hear it all the time. Someone in authority on Continue Reading…
Matthew 25:35-36 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Continue Reading…
Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy” Sometimes it feels like it doesn’t pay to show mercy. On our trip to Scotland our tour bus took us through some of the most breathtaking scenery we’d ever seen. Ohhs and ahhs filled the coach as we drank Continue Reading…
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. You made your bed; now lie in it. You’re probably Continue Reading…
Luke 5:18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. The movie, Hacksaw Ridge chronicles the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. It tells the story of Desmond Doss, a combat Continue Reading…
Matthew 18:33 “And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?” Our culture seethes with the push to make people pay for wrongs done in the past. I love justice as much as the next person, but I think sometimes we can Continue Reading…
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us. God is rich in mercy to we who are not. Author Dane Ortland writes in Gentle and Lowly that nowhere else in scripture is God deemed rich in anything. Only mercy. I’m Continue Reading…
Mark 10:21-22 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Someone has observed that Continue Reading…