{The Healing Heart} I Give You Mercy

[Gretchen Offord [SGLC]]

{The Healing Heart} I Give You Mercy

Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy! Matthew 5

Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Matthew 9

And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless. Matthew 12

And should you not have had pity and mercy on your fellow attendant, as I had pity and mercy on you? Matthew 18

But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you. Mark 5

And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age. Luke 1

He answered, The one who showed pity and mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise. Luke 10

How many of us really understand the idea and action of mercy, both intelligently and from the heart?

Do we grasp the extreme importance of it in God's world and family?

How do we react, in thought, feeling, and word when we hear of someone who is struggling with either a serious

mistake or circumstances beyond their control?

Do we empathize, that is to remember our own experiences in similar situations?

Do we sympathize, that is to consider how we would wish to be treated should we be in the same or similar situation?

Or do we judge them, pass a judgment (false conviction) on them using a choice word that has little or no relevance or truth to it

because we haven't all the data involved in that person's situation?

The answer is empathize...we remember our own similar experiences and show the person mercy (unfailing

kindness, dignity, consideration, respect).

There is no acceptable reason for a born again Christian to behave in any other fashion, according to the

teachings of Christ.

The fear of rejection is a major reason why we let relationships die because of our choices and mistakes, for

we fear the judgment(s) of those we love or with whom we have a relationship of some kind.

As Christians we are to accept with kindness, dignity, respect, and love all persons -- for we haven't walked in their shoes, been influenced by those persons wishing them harm (jealous or envy or pride), and/or carried their pains, heartaches and losses.

Today: choose mercy, admit to not knowing all the facts, and caring for others as you'd wish to be cared

for yourself.

And if you do know something that will ease another's pain, share it with them, so to give them hope and freedom from the

weight of the past. Christ did it, so also should we.

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