A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-35 God tells us in I John 4:12, “…If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” For the love of…
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. Psalm 108:4 KJV God’s mercy is not only eternal, but it has no boundaries. There is absolutely no place here on Earth that God’s mercy cannot reach. Psalm 119:64 says, “The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy…” Who on Earth doesn’t benefit from the mercy of God? No one. Matthew 5:45 says, “…for…
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his com-passions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV We serve a loving God. And because of His love, He is merciful to all those who trust in Him. Psalm 103:17-18 says, “But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness…
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Psalm 103:11 KJV God loves us tremendously, and He displays that love in the way that we need the most – by extending His mercy toward those who fear Him. Psalm 106:1 says, “Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth…
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. Exodus 34:6-7 KJV God cannot…
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3 KJV God was talking to Jeremiah, but the Bible is clear that God is no respecter of persons. Romans 2:11 says, “For there is no respect of persons with God.” That means that God has no favorites – what He does for one…
Psalm 107:1 says, “O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.” Because God is exceedingly good, His mercy endureth forever. For without God’s goodness there would be no mercy. His mercy is a vital part of His goodness. We are to be thankful for His goodness, but we can’t appreciate His goodness if we take for granted His mercy and grace. To take something…
Exodus 34:6-7 says, “And the LORD…proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty…” God declares Himself to be gracious. What does “gracious” mean? According to the dictionary, it means gentle, kind, and merciful, but God says that He is also patient, good, forgiving,…
“The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.” Psalm 147:11 KJV Psalm 103:13 says, “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” According to the dictionary, pity means “sorrow or compassion aroused by another’s condition.” God is more than aroused by our hopeless condition. He responds to those who recognize their sinful state and turn…
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” I Samuel 15:23 KJV In the eyes of God, rebellion is a horrendous sin, every bit as evil as witchcraft. But through Christ, there is forgiveness. God’s children are not normally involved in witchcraft, but can we rightly…