“You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.
Matthew 5:7 THE MESSAGE (MSG)
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.
Galatians 6:7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7 New International Version (NIV)
Hesed – mercy, compassion, love, grace, and faithfulness, and then some.
GRACE – When we receive what we DON’T deserve
MERCY – When we don’t receive what we DO deserve
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 (NIV)
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person,
and they with me.
Revelation 3:20 (NIV)
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7 (NIV)
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 6:12 (NIV)
We love because he (God) first loved us.
1 John 4:19 (NIV)
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7 (NIV)