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\nMatthew 5:7\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 37:26<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.<\/p>\n
Psalms 112:4<\/b><\/span> Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 11:17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 14:21<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Proverbs 19:17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Daniel 4:27<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Micah 6:8<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Colossians 3:12<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>James 3:17<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Hebrews 4:16<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
When this beatitude addresses those who will show mercy, it speaks to those who have already received mercy. It is mercy to be emptied of your pride and brought to poverty of spirit. It is mercy to be brought to mourning over your spiritual condition. It is mercy to receive the grace of meekness and to become gentle. It is mercy to be made hungry and thirsty after righteousness. Therefore, this one who is expected to show mercy is one who has already received it. The merciful one will show it to those who are weaker and poorer.\u00a0The merciful one will always look for those who weep and mourn.\u00a0The merciful one will be forgiving to others, and always looking to restore broken relationships.\u00a0The merciful one will be merciful to the character of other people, and choose to think the best of them whenever possible.\u00a0The merciful one will not expect too much from others.\u00a0The merciful one will be compassionate to those who are outwardly sinful.\u00a0The merciful one will have a care for the souls of all men. If you want mercy from others \u2013 especially God \u2013 then you should take care to be\u00a0merciful<\/b>\u00a0to others.<\/p>\n
To be merciful is a choice. We have a choice on how we act towards and treat others. What is bouncing around in your head when given an opportunity to show mercy. I was right and have been wronged. I was cheated. I was not chosen. I was cursed at. I was not listened to. I was not invited. I was not asked. You are wrong. You are lazy. It is your own fault. You have two legs and two arms – use them. You choose to live like this. The list of things we allow to bounce around in our head when we are in a situation that should or could allow us to show mercy could go on and on. The fact is that we don\u2019t spend a single day whereby we could show mercy to someone. Why should we, because God showed mercy and grace on us while we were still sinners.\u00a0 <\/span>He sent His Son to die for our sins so that we would have eternal life. We did nothing deserving this grace and mercy. It was out of the love of God who reached out to a lost and fallen world. Rejecting to show mercy when opportunities arise says a lot about the condition of the heart of the soul. To recognize and understand that you were given mercy when you deserved none opens up our heart and mind to choose to show mercy in the like matter. Why? Because Jesus Christ is honored and glorified.\u00a0 <\/span>There is no other reason. When our heart, mind, and soul desire to honor and glorify Jesus Christ we will continue to find opportunities to show grace, mercy, and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matthew 5:7\u00a0 \u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. \u00a0Psalms 37:26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing. Psalms 112:4 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; \u00a0Proverbs 11:17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man … Continue reading “30.t. \u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[821,1876,81,792,3895,182,204,35,4717,5790,2470,115,3093,15517,15519,76,7068,83,1575,2553,15518,7069,513,233,409,3187,796,2272,181,84,122,997,205,7066,137,1003,2212,6261,362,121,5687,1439,2318,14115,8837,118],"class_list":["post-134146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-beloved","tag-benefits","tag-blessed","tag-blessing","tag-chosen-ones","tag-compassionate","tag-confidence","tag-counsel","tag-cruel","tag-deed","tag-delivers","tag-generous","tag-gentle","tag-gernerously","tag-gernous","tag-god","tag-good-fruits","tag-grace","tag-holy","tag-humility","tag-hurts","tag-impartial","tag-iniquities","tag-justice","tag-kindness","tag-lending","tag-lord","tag-meekness","tag-merciful","tag-mercy","tag-need","tag-oppressed","tag-patience","tag-peaceable","tag-poor","tag-prosperity","tag-pure","tag-reason","tag-receive","tag-righteousness","tag-sincere","tag-sinner","tag-trouble","tag-true-justice","tag-walk-humbly","tag-wisdom"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134230,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134146\/revisions\/134230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}