Quotes about Mercy

The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.

No poor creature stands in need of divine grace more than I, and none abuse it more than I have done, and still do.

What is the atonement of Christ? It is Himself: it is the inherent and everlasting mercy of God made apparent to human eyes and ears. The everlasting love was disclosed by our Lord's life and death. It showed that God forgives, because He loves to forgive. He works by smiles if possible, if not by frowns; pain is only a means of enforcing love. If we speak of strength, lo! He is strong. The Almighty; the Over Power; the Mind of the Universe. The heart thrills at the idea of His greatness.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him - making him into a child of God fit for His kingdom. That is God's grace.

If you turn to God once, He will turn to you a million times.

It is in our forgiveness of other people's sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.

They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign grace, and not for anything that is due

Before you judge someone else, stop and think about all that God has forgiven you for.

When I had forgotten God, yet I then found He had not forgotten me. Even then He did by His Spirit apply the merits of the great atonement to my soul, by telling me that Christ died for me.

There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.