Mercy Quotes - Page 37

• I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I.

  David Brainerd

  Fear God

  David Brainerd (1829). “Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the American Indians”, p.337

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• Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. I'd look at fish and birds, thinking the sky and water colored them. The first abyss is blue. An artist must go beyond the mercy of satin or water-from a gutty hue to that which is close to royal purple. All seasons and blossoms inbetween. Lavender. Theatrical and outrageous electric. Almost gray. True and false blue. Water and oil. The gas jet breathing in oblivion. The unstruck match. The blue of absence. The blue of deep presence. The insides of something perfect.

  Yusef Komunyakaa

  Lonely, Thinking, Artist

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• A man with an experience of God is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Men, Argument

  Leonard Ravenhill (2004). “Why Revival Tarries”, p.117, Bethany House

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• I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin by my own effort, so I have something to say to the fellow-sufferer who does not know where to look for hope. And what I have to say depends utterly on my willingness not to let go of that awareness of myself that reminds me where I start each day—not as a finished saint but as a needy person still struggling to grow.

  Rowan Williams

  Christian, Letting Go, Struggle

  Rowan Williams (2007). “Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One Another”, p.31, Shambhala Publications

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• I beseech those whose piety will permit them reverently to petition, that they will pray for this union, and ask that He who buildeth up and pulleth down nations will, the mercy preserve and unite us. For a Nation divided against itself cannot stand. I wish, if this Union must be dissolved, that its ruins may be the monument of my grave, and the graves of my family. I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survive the ruin of this glorious Union.

  Sam Houston

  Wish, Ruins, Unions

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• When you work for others, you are at their mercy. They own your work; they own you. Your creative spirit is squashed. What keeps you in such positions is a fear of having to sink or swim on your own. Instead you should have a greater fear of what will happen to you if you remain dependent on others for power. Your goal in every maneuver in life must be ownership, working the corner for yourself. When it is yours, it is yours to lose - you are more motivated, more creative, more alive. The ultimate power in life is to be completely self-reliant, completely yourself.

  Curtis Jackson

  Self, Should Have, Goal

  "The 50th Law". Book by 50 Cent and Robert Greene, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2009.

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• Root out the counterrevolutionaries without mercy, lock up suspicious characters in concentration camps... Shirkers will be shot, regardless of past service.

  Leon Trotsky

  Character, Past, Roots

  "Trotsky : The Eternal Revolutionary" Dmitri Volkogonov, (p. 213), 1996.

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• O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.

  Anne Boleyn

  Soul, Lord, My Soul

  Anne Boleyn's speech at her execution, tudorhistory.org. May 19, 1536.

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• God involves us in his missions not because He needs us, but because He loves us. And in His mercy He has invited us to be involved in His sovereign design for the spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.

  David Platt

  Design, Needs, Earth

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• Church practice has been more influenced by Plato than by Jesus. We invariably prefer the universal synthesis, the answer that settles all the dust and resolves every question even when it is not entirely true over the mercy and grace of God.

  Richard Rohr

  Jesus, Plato, Dust

  Richard Rohr (2011). “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, p.56, John Wiley & Sons

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• I am sure that no man asks mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace have first been given him.

  Anya Seton

  Men, Grace, Firsts

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• Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Dog, Accepting, Begging

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• This is our Lord’s will, that our prayer and our trust be both alike large. For if we trust not as much as we pray, we do not full worship to our Lord in our prayer, and also we tarry and pain our self. The cause is, as I believe, that we know not truly that our Lord is Ground on whom our prayer springeth; and also that we know not that it is given us by the grace of His love. For if we knew this, it would make us to trust to have, of our Lord’s gift, all that we desire. For I am sure that no man asketh mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace be first given to him.

  Julian of Norwich

  Prayer, Pain, Believe

  Julian of Norwich, Grace Warrack (2017). “Revelations of Divine Love”, p.95, Lulu.com

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• The idea that God's mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I'm deserving of God's mercy, I'll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard.

  Matisyahu

  Ideas, Needs, Beard

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• Justice is getting what you deserve.
  Mercy is not getting what you deserve.
  And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.
  ...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift

  Cathleen Falsani

  Compassion, Justice, Grace

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Serve God, and God will take care of you. Submit to His will, trust in His grace, and resign yourself into His hands with the assurance that the Lord is well pleased with those that hope in His mercy.

  Gardiner Spring

  Hands, Grace, Care

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.222

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• We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.

  Jonis Agee

  Running, Rivers, Water

  Jonis Agee (1991). “Sweet eyes”, Crown Pub

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• Mercy Corps' partnership with The Hunger Site translates into lifesaving assistance for people in tremendous need around the world. When you visit, click, and shop at this unique site, you're making the future a little brighter for families who need food in the world's poorest places.

  Dan O'Neill

  Unique, People, Needs

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• The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before.

  Jon Lee Anderson

  Medicine, United States, Looks

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• Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least.

  O. Leslie Stone

  Matter, Use, Should

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• Khesed...mercy...love. It's God's nature, His essence. Don't forget that, through all this, don't forget that. Judgement is His necessity, but His nature and essence, His heart, is love. He's the one always calling out to the lost to be saved.

  Jonathan Cahn

  Heart, Essence, Judgement

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• Why do bad things happen? For pedagogical reasons, so that we can experience the power of Allah, catch a glimpse of Hell and fear it, so that we can practice seeking refuge in Him and, when relief comes give thanks to His mercy. Darkness was created so that, like plants, we could yearn and turn to the light.

  Leila Aboulela

  Light, Practice, Giving

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• Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.

  Theodore L. Cuyler

  Children, Heart, Joy

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 50, 1895.

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• Take comfort, and recollect however little you and I may know, God knows; He knows Himself and you and me and all things; and His mercy is over all His works.

  Charles Kingsley

  Comfort, May, Littles

  Charles Kingsley (2008). “The Good News of God: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.473, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life.

  Matthew Henry

  Spiritual, Prayer, Men

  Matthew Henry (2011). “Matthew Henry Study Bible - KJV edition”, Importantia Publishing

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