Quotes about Mercy

Church is a gathering of nobodies to worship the only real Somebody: Christ, our Head. The King of creation, raised from the dead, seated with the Father, Commander of heaven, exercising complete authority over all time and space, perfect in His justice, infinite in His mercy, holy in His perfection, the only perfect Somebody who died for nobodies like you and me.

The Bible says, 'There is no one righteous, not even one.' So really, none of us deserves grace. But we all still want God's forgiveness.

Lord, thank You," Elizabeth whispered. "Thank You for Your mercy and Your goodness. Thank You for answering. And help me focus on the things I can see You doing instead of the things I can't see.

It was one thing to believe God could forgive a sinner. It was another thing to believe that the sinner could live forgiven.

Now, in some cosmic act of God or coincidence, the girl had returned to me. Who was I kidding? There is no coincidence. There is punishment, retribution. Or perhaps love and mercy and grace. Which was it?

I esteem it the crowning mercy of my life that not only the chief ends I contemplated on becoming a missionary are attained, but I am allowed to see competent, faithful, and affectionate successors actively engaged in the work.

It wasn't a miracle. Bestowed by God. It was a mercy. Offered by a human.

If ever there came a morning when mercy and simple good fortune took to their heels and fled, grace alone might have to do.

Here's an idea you can use in your witnessing as people throw out their objections to believing in God. Many will say, 'God isn't fair, and I'm glad. If He were fair, you and I wouldn't be here today. We'd be in hell. What we really need is not God's fairness, but His mercy.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

True freedom only occurs when we break off the shackles of fear and embrace a culture of mercy and grace.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.