Have you ever run out of milk, or eggs,
or money? Running out of stuff is
no fun.
Our thought today is on God’s storehouse
of mercy and grace.
He never runs out of …
Love
Grace
Care for us
Patience
God never runs out of necessities … and
especially, ESPECIALLY God never runs out of mercy.
Mercy is not a term used much in today’s
normal conversations. So, what is mercy?
Some synonyms for mercy are …
Compassion
Pity
Clemency
Forgiveness
Kindness
Sympathy
Understanding
Leniency
Benevolence
Strong words
Good words
Someone offering mercy is reaching,
stretching, dishing out some pretty amazing “stuff” to the receiver.
I've had times in my life when I could have
used a whole bucket load of mercy. Have
you?
There is a verse from the Bible, in Daniel,
that speaks about mercy. Daniel is talking
to God and says this:
He knows a bit about God to be able to say
something this profound, for he gives God the compliment of “because of your great mercy.”
Have you ever needed great mercy?
In another place we find this example of
the mercies of God. It is from the book of
Lamentations.
“…because of the Lord’s mercy
and loving-kindness
we are not consumed,
because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning.
Great and abundant
is your stability and faithfulness.”
~Lamentations
3:22-23
In other words, God cannot run out of
mercy.
-He never gets tired of helping you.
-He never takes a nap.
-His eyes never leave you.
-He never wanders off to the mall or the
golf course.
-He never forgets you.
Every morning …
EVERY MORNING, when you awaken, God has a
fresh batch of mercy waiting just for you.
Amazing!
And the invitation comes like this …
“… Come boldly
to the throne of grace
(to God)
that we may obtain
mercy
and find grace to
help
in our time of need.
~Hebrews 4:16
Reach out right now to the God of great
and abundant mercy.
He is waiting for your call.
Please Watch this
Lord Have Mercy-Christ Have Mercy
Michael W. Smith
and Amy Grant
If the above video link does not work, please click here
Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant
A Prayer
for You
God:
Without your mercy where would we
be? Life is tough. And hard.
And it doesn't always work out the way we hoped and planned.
But your mercies endure forever.
How is this possible?
Why would you continue to extend this
mercy thing to us?
Only one answer surfaces – You must really
love us in spite of everything.
In spite of our lost-ness
Our lack of faithfulness
Our contrariness
Our selfishness
Our mundane representation of you
You really do love us.
And our heartfelt response is – Thank you
so much.
Thank you.
Thank you.
T h a n k y o u .
Amen,
Pastor
Mike
P Michael
Biggs
Internet Church
A Ministry of
Offering Hope
Encouragement Inspiration
One Word at a Time
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