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Category Archives: Mercy
The Lord your God is a merciful God
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Continue reading
Posted in God's Heart, God's Love, Image of God, Mercy, Seeking God
Tagged be merciful, God's mercy, Mercy
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A prayer we need to offer
Help us to enter the worlds of others, to celebrate with them, to grieve with them, and to walk alongside them with caring hearts and hands that are ready to help.
May we grow into people who love as we have been loved and who serve as we have been served. Continue reading
Posted in Complaceny, Mercy, Prayer, Public prayers, Wisdom
Tagged model prayer, Prayer, prayer for needy
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Are you merciful?
An in-depth and practical look at mercy. Continue reading
A place in God’s mercy
We should tremble at these words whenever we’re tempted to be unmerciful. Continue reading
Posted in Apostle Paul, Beatitudes, Mercy, Salvation
Tagged God's mercy, Mercy, Salvation
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Blessed are the merciful
What did Jesus mean by “Blessed are the merciful”? Continue reading
Posted in Beatitudes, Mercy, Sermon on the Mount, Wisdom
Tagged Beatitudes, blessed are the merciful, meaning of mercy, misdirected mercy
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Can we earn God’s forgiveness?
We will never forgive others to the extent that Continue reading
Posted in Forgiveness, God's Love, Love, Mercy, Wisdom
Tagged can we earn God's forgiveness?, Forgiven people forgive others, Hard to forgive
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Power of forgiveness
Those who struggle with forgiveness find it hard to hear the words… Continue reading
Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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It’s not the way you think it is
Delusional self-confidence based on self-accomplishment is not far removed from self-righteousness. It’s an insidiously deadly poison that can be… Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Blessed by God, Christian worldview, Christianity, Church, Church Leadership, Church membership, Deception, Following Christ, God's Heart, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Greatness, Jesus Christ, Judging others, Kingdom, Legalism, Love, Meaning of life, Mercy, Missions, Personal thoughts, Poor in spirit, Pride, purpose, Radical love, Repentance, Self esteem, Self love, Self-deception, Selfishness, Spiritual inventory, Teaching of Jesus, True Christianity?, Walking with God, Worldview
Tagged A true church, Ladociea, Pharisees, Revelation 3, Who are the true followers of Jesus?
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Feeling discouraged?
We all know what it is like to feel discouraged. Take a moment and consider four recommendations for times of discouragement. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Burnout, Christian worldview, Comfort, Defeat?, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement, Eternal life, Eternal security, Fear, Fear of death, God's Love, Grieving, Hope?, Mercy
Tagged feeling defeated, Feeling depressed, feeling discouraged, feeling down, Feeling hopeless, what to do when discouraged
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