Jesus is merciful and gracious and has saved you by His grace. Jesus is God’s gift.

“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.” (Ps 103:8)

“even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)” (Eph 2:5)

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you…Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2Cor 9:8,15)

“O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God – through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom 7:24,25)

“And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD God, merciful [rachum] and gracious [channan], longsuffering, and abounding in goodness [rab chesed] and truth, keeping mercy [chesed] for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin” (Ex 34:6,7)

“And now, I pray, let the power [koach] of my Lord be great [gadal], just as You have spoken, saying, The LORD is longsuffering [arek] and abundant [rab] in mercy [chesed], forgiving [nasa] iniquity and transgression” (Num 14:17,18)

“But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious [channan] and merciful [rachum], slow to anger, abundant in kindness [rab chesed], and did not forsake them.” (Neh 9:17)

“But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion [rachum], and gracious [channan], longsuffering and abundant in mercy [rab chesed] and truth.” (Ps 86:15)

“The LORD is gracious [channan] and full of compassion [rachum], slow to anger and great in mercy [gadol chesed]. The LORD is good to all, and His tender mercies [racham] are over all His works.” (Ps 145:8-9)

“For He is gracious [channan] and merciful [rachum], slow to anger, and of great kindness [rab chesed]; and He relents from doing harm.” (Joel 2:13)

“for I know that You are a gracious [channan] and merciful [rachum] God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness [rab chesed], One who relents from doing harm.” (Jon 4:2)

“But let him who glories glory [halal halal] in this, that he understands [sakal] and knows [yada] Me, that I am the LORD, exercising [asah] lovingkindness [chesed], judgment [mishpat], and righteousness [tsedaqah] in the earth. For in these I delight [chaphets], says the LORD.” (Jer 9:24)

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God” (Eph 2:8)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies [oiktirmos] and God of all comfort [paraklesis], who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2Cor 1:3-4)

“Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate [polusplagchnos] and merciful [oiktirmon].” (Jm 5:11)

Reading: Ps 102-104; Rev 10