Stress Test Devotional May 4
May 04, 2024
DAY 32
This beatitude is the only one where the promise corresponds to the state, the merciful receive mercy. This is captured succinctly in the Lord’s Prayer petition for forgiveness—“Lord, forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” What is pictured is a cycle of mercy, in which we are forgiven, we forgive others, and our practice of forgiveness enables our reception of more mercy from God. Mercy begets mercy.
What would our lives be like without mercy?
FAMILY TIME:
Why are grudges a bad thing?
What happens to us when we hold a grudge?
