HOW WE CAN SHOW MERCY
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How did Jesus show mercy to us?
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Be merciful because Jesus was to us
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We can only be merciful if we love our neighbors, if we seek not of our own but for others- 1cor 10:24
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Do we ever open our eyes, to see how the neighbor is looking, what he/she has eaten? To see how life has beaten the neighbor?- Luke 10:30-35
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See the needs-wounded people are all around us, why not seeing them-busyness, moving too fast?
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Show sympathy- listen, behind every need is a story- 2 cor. 4:1
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Take the chance-when you see, act now- don't wait, don't delay- prov. 3:27-28, take a risk-mark 13:11 - be willing to be interrupted, move ahead of fear-mercy touches the untouchable, touches the unlovable.
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Spend whatever it takes- Isa. 58: 10-11, there is always a cost to kindness- time, energy, money, or even reputation and potentially relationships.