The rich mercy of Jesus is comforting, spiritually healing, sustaining, and full of compassion.

The rich mercy of Jesus is comforting, spiritually healing, sustaining, and full of compassion.

“And I will show you mercy [racham], that he may have mercy [racham] on you and cause you to return to your own land.” (Jer 42:12)
“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy [eleos] and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb 4:16)
“You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful [oiktirmon].” (Jm 5:11)
“But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy [eleos] of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” (Jude 1:20-21)
“However, for this reason I obtained mercy [eleeo], that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.” (1Tim 1:16)
“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)
“But God, who is rich in mercy [eleos], because of His great love with which He loved us” (Eph 2:4)
“Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion [eleeo] on you.” (Mk 5:19)
“So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy [eleeo]…Therefore He has mercy [eleeo] on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.” (Rom 9:16,18)
“and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy [eleos], which He had prepared beforehand for glory” (Rom 9:23)
“and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy [eleos], as it is written: For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and sing to Your name.” (Rom 15:9)
“For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy [eleeo] on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.” (Phil 2:27)
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy [eleeo], we do not lose heart.” (2Cor 3:17-18; 4:1)
“although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy [eleeo] because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.” (1Tim 1:16)
“not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy [eleos] He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit” (Tit 3:5)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy [eleos] has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1Pet 1:3)
“who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy [eleeo] but now have obtained mercy [eleeo].” (1Pet 2:10)
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, to give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy [splanchnon eleos] of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us” (Lk 1:76-78)
“I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies [racham], according to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.” (Isa 63:7)
“Have mercy [chanan] on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.” (Ps 6:2)
“Hear me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies [racham].” (Ps 69:16)
“The LORD is good to all, and His tender mercies [racham] are over all His works.” (Ps 145:9)
“When they cried to You, You heard from heaven; and according to Your abundant mercies [racham] You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hand of their enemies.” (Neh 9:27)
“Yet when they returned and cried out to You, You heard from heaven; and many times You delivered them according to Your mercies [racham]” (Neh 9:28)
“Through the LORD’s mercies [chesed] we are not consumed, because His compassions [racham] fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lam 3:22-23)
Reading: Jer 40-42; Gal 3