GOODNESS AND MERCY!
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
As a Christian we want to remind ourselves that we all sin and we all fall short. We should confess our sins and turn from sinful behavior. He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from unrighteousness. We want to appreciate God for His goodness and His mercy!
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 23:6
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
I like how this verse is worded. It is encouraging us to “taste” or “try” Him so that we can see for ourselves how good He is!
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Now we want to take a look at mercy. Mercy is God not handling us according to what we deserve.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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,
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psalms 103:1-5
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16
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