WFC Daily Devotional for May 26, 2009
Westside Family Church Series “What if the Church?”
This week’s theme: “Love Mercy”
Today’s theme: “Mercy: Don’t Leave Home without It”
Meditation
Why is mercy so important to us Christ-followers? Here is what the Bible has to say about it.
1 Ezra 9:13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins have deserved… Shall we again break your commands…?”
2 1 Tim 1:13 Even though I used to be a blasphemer and did all I could to injure and discredit the faith. Mercy, however, was shown me, because until I became a believer I had been acting in ignorance.
3 1 Tim 1:15-16 …I realize that I was the worst of them all, and that because of this very fact God was particularly merciful to me. It was a demonstration of the extent of Christ’s patience towards the worst of men, to serve as an example to all who in the future should trust him for eternal life.
4 Heb 4:16 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with fullest confidence, that we may receive mercy for our failures and grace to help in the hour of need.
5 Ps 103:8,10-14 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love… He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgression from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
6 Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sins and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
These verses make it pretty clear that we do not deserve God’s mercy, yet He still extends mercy to us.
Can we do anything less to others?
Don’t leave home today without an attitude of mercy towards others and thankfulness for God’s mercy!
Question to Consider
What is my attitude about God’s mercy?
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