For the past two weeks Ps Simon and Jan have been away so my lovely husband Jeffrey has been preaching each week. His messages have been a two part series called ‘The Principals of the Mercy of God’. I know that this message topic has been on his heart for quite some time and it was a great blessing to listen, learn and watch from what God has taught him over the last few months. I also must add, Jeff is a very animated preacher and used lots of props, illustrations and cannot stand still for more than 2 seconds. It was a really fun and exciting two weeks!
Below is a summary of the 12 Principals of God’s Mercy that he shared and taught us about.
1. Mercy before a person sins
2. Mercy after a person has sinned
3. Mercy to give all creatures according to their need
4. Mercy so that human kind may not be distressed
5. Gracious if humankind is in distress
6. Slow to Anger
7. Plenteous in Mercy
8. Keeping Mercy Unto Thousands
9. Forgiving Iniquity
10. Forgiving Transgression
11. Forgiving Sin
12. Pardoning
He liked these to us as people and reminded us of the great Mercy that our Father in Heaven has for us and the kind of Mercy that we should have towards people in this world. He also demonstrated just how GREAT God’s mercy is for us and how difficult (if not impossible) it is for us to have Mercy the same as God’s. However we should always be trying to have Mercy like God’s and be asking Him to help us be merciful to those around us.
I’ll leave you with some photos of Jeffrey’s preaching and if you would like to listen to his two part series ‘The Principals of the Mercy of God’ than please head over to Palmwoods Baptist Church website.
Also if you visit our Home Page you will be able to listen to a song that I sang on Sunday morning by Amy Grant titled ‘Better than a Hallelujah’. Make sure you have Quicktime player to listening!
Sharing God's word
Some of his props.. yum
Illustrating the wrath of God
Writing in the sand
Never a dull moment
God's name written in Hebrew in the sand!
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