January 27, 2023 … His Mercy Is Mine! …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 27 

Devotional Song... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the groups Elevation Worship and Maverick City singing  … Mercy … poignantly and powerfully singing our how God’s mercy and grace transform Christians to be able offer His love to others. 

  

God's Mercy Is Greater than our mistakes ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 103:8 [NLT] …  

8 The LORD is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry, and filled with unfailing love.  

… David sings of how the heart of our God is overflowing with mercy, love, and grace.                                                                                  

Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalms 103:8-12 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of our merciful God. .                                                                                       

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 86:5 [NLT] … 

5 O LORD, You are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for help. 

… David again sings of God’s ever faithful love/mercy, … available to all who seek it.  

Reference Passage: … Lamentation 3:22-23 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… , thru Jeremiah, shows the extent of God mercy, … being new every morning for those who need it.              

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:37 [NLT] … 

37 You must be compassionate (i.e. merciful), just as your Father is compassionate.   

…  Jesus preaches, to many followers, the reality of God’s mercy and compassion. commanding others to be merciful like God is with those who love the Lord.       

Reference Passage </u>: … Ephesians 2:4-5 [NLT] … </b>

4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to share God’s love and mercy with others the way He does with all who serve Him as His disciples.      

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:16  [NLT] … 

16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and grace to help (others) in time of need.  

… God, thru the author of Hebrews, shares truth about  seeking and receiving God’s mercy an grace so that we can extend that grace to others.     

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson … AT THIS LINK …   tells of how the Wall Street Journal, covering the effects of the COVID pandemic on the cruise line industry, said that many passengers, tho inconvenienced, being quarantined for long periods, found it brought them into close community with others during this time.    

It illustrates our human need for community and the sharing of our lives with others, which we hear and read about in the linked song and the truths from God’s word above about God’s mercy and grace being extended to fellow Christians thru God’s grace and His commands for us, as the Lord’s disciples, to share that love, mercy, and grace with others. 

What can we -  WHAT WILL WE - do today to share God’s love and His mercy with others?  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing Your unfailing love and mercy with me so that I can so so with others today.          

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to reach out and share Your merciful love and grace with someone, … in Your name, Lord,  … today.            Amen

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