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Mercy

Because God has shown mercy to us, we are to show mercy to others. Nowhere is the essence of mercy unveiled for us more clearly than in Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan. The victim in that story was miserable. He had been beaten, robbed, and left for dead. Read Luke 10:30-37 to see mercy in action.

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1.	Name the people who saw the man who was hurt by the thieves.
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2.	What was different about the Samaritan?
3.	Mercy does not stop with sympathy for a person in their bad situation. It acts to relieve the misery. List the things which the Samaritan did to help the victim.
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4.	The Samaritan’s compassionate feelings led him to a practical demonstration of kindness, concrete actions, and mercy. Because God is full of mercy, He also acts to relieve our distress. Psalm 136 is a good place to see some of the merciful things He has done. What is the one phrase that is repeated over and over in this beautiful psalm?
5.	God remembered the Israelites in their low estate, in their miserable and humiliating condition. What are just a few of the things He did to relieve their suffering?
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6.	The sins that make us guilty actually cause us most of our misery. God must deal with our sin problem before He can relieve our distress. That is why we find both His grace and His mercy involved in providing our salvation.
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	c) even when we were dead in _____,
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7.	In Romans 9:23, we learn that we are vessels of _____, containers into which God has poured His mercy. And now that God has saved us, He continues to extend to us His mercy. Jeremiah said His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).
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Continue to Peace

Memory Verse:
Psalm 103:17

"But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children."

The Motivation:

My husband and I love to travel, and we have visited several amazing waterfalls. When we see that heavy rush of water flowing across the top of the rocks, we wonder how gallons and gallons of water can continuously drop over the edge, day after day, week after week, year after year, without ever running out. Where does all that water come from? The flow seems to be constant, never drying up.

This reminds me of God’s mercy. In Psalm 103:17, God made a covenant of mercy with His people years ago, and the promise still holds true today. There’s enough mercy for everyone, and there’s no way it will ever run out.

How can we access this constant flow of God’s gracious mercy? The apostle Paul tells us, “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:9). It’s as simple as that!

Video: Grace

In this conversation between Jesus and Peter, grace and mercy are illustrated when Jesus forgives the unforgivable.

Prayer

Lord, I have sinned and strayed from Your ways. How I thank You for Your gracious, compassionate, and merciful forgiveness. As I meditate on Your mercy, and as I grow in Your likeness, let mercy become an increasingly significant part of my daily walk.

 

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