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Saturday, November 13, 2010

COMPASSIONATE GOD


Psalm 86:15


"But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious
God, slow to anger, abounding in love and
faithfulness." (NIV)


"But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and
gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy
and truth." (KJV)


If everyone in the world responded to the difficult
people and circumstances like you and I do, what
kind of world would we have? If we all responded
with the compassion, grace, patience, mercy, and
truth that our God does, how would this world be?
We should be on our knees praising and thanking
our God that He is compassionate and slow to
get angry. If He acted like we do sometimes, we
would be in complete desparation.


Heavenly Father, we praise you for your great and
precious compassion, patience, mercy, and grace
to us, for we know we don't deserve it. Help us,
Lord, to be more like you in our dealing with the
people and situations we encounter in this world.
We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.


     
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11 comments:

Clint said...

Amen. I am sadly short on patience and have trouble at times loving my neighbor. Thanks for this verse and prayer.

Ginger~~Enchanting Cottage said...

Thank-you Bobbi for this prayer.It is a prayer that we all need.
God Bless,
Ginger

Virginia said...

Great post and so very true.
Much Blessings,
Virginia

Charlotte said...

Amen. This is so true. We all need to learn to respond to people and circumstances in kindness. I try to do that but don't always succeed. Thank you for this wonderful reminder.
Blessings,
Charlotte

Musings of A Minister said...

Wonderful! Great message. Thank you.

Gretta said...

Stopping by from Spiritual Sundays and what a beautiful post. I am so thankful that God is a merciful, loving God when I deserve so much worse many times!

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Karen said...

Yes, I thank God for his tender loving kindness and mercy. He is patient with me! Thank you for your comment on Nana Stories.

MTJ said...

Hi Bobbi,

This is such a wonderful reminder of the grace God pours upon us every second, minute and hour of each day.

You are so right, "We should be on our knees praising and thanking our God that He is compassionate and slow to get angry."

Blessings and peace.

MTJ

Vintagesouthernlife said...

Thank you for this prayer. He has been so patient with me.
Blessings, Annette

Annesphamily said...

What a beautiful message today. Tahnk you so much for sharing with us. Blessings to you. Anne

Veronica Lee said...

Amen! So true.

Have a blessed Sunday!

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