Mercy

New Mercies

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22–23)

What an encouragement it is to rise in the morning and know that God’s mercies are renewed for the day. We awake from our…

His Love Endures Forever

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! His mercy endures forever.

Psalm 136:1, NKJV

The psalmist declared that God’s “mercy” endures forever. His love lasts longer than we can imagine, is stronger than we can measure, and is…

A Sober Look at Life

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12

In today’s religious world, the current thinking among evangelicals is to emphasize the joy and peace we have in Christ. Amen to that! We certainly do have…

What God Requires

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8

There are many reasons for hope today. The world cannot understand our optimism or our…

Revelation 16: The Bowl Judgments

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”

Revelation 16:1

Blessed Are the Merciful

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:7

In Psalm 109:6–20 the most severe curses are pronounced against someone — “may his days be few” … “may his children be fatherless” … “may his children wonder about and…

Being Merciful

Those who hate me without reason … May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents. For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you have hurt.

Psalm 69:4, 25–26

God’s Mercy

If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, therefore you are feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

Psalm 130: 3–5

A Great Day

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 84:10

We can too easily become immersed in a worldly perspective in today’s world. The world’s…

Grace of the First Rank

But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.