{"id":12671,"date":"2026-05-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:39:39","slug":"mercy-is-power-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12671","title":{"rendered":"MERCY IS POWER Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong><em>To faith in God will have hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Psalm 9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One that trust God is with faith in God.<\/em><br \/><em>The word of God promises one with trust and hope will gain the blessing of God.<\/em><br \/><em><strong>Jeremiah 17:7, <\/strong><\/em><strong>\u201cBlessed\u00a0is\u00a0the man who trusts in the\u00a0Lord, And whose hope is the\u00a0Lord.<\/strong><br \/><em><strong>The mercy of God is attainable when one trusts God.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>It is a blessing to gain the mercy of God.The Psalmist declared,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cBut I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation\u201d (Psalm 13:5<\/strong><\/em><strong>).<\/strong><br \/>Trusting in hope positions one to gain the mercy of God.<br \/>Trusting God is an avenue to receive from God.<br \/>Trusting God is looking up to God with no doubt.<br \/>Looking up to God with an open heart, one will locate God for His mercy.\u00a0<br \/><em><strong>Luke 17:13\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>records,<em><strong>\u201cAnd they lifted up their voices and said, &#8216;Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>God is merciful. He does not run out of mercy for one who knows to trust and lift their voice to Him.<br \/><em><u>The mercy of God is attainable when one asks or pleads for His mercy:<\/u><\/em><br \/>God identified Job as a man with none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil.<br \/>In life, nothing qualifies anyone not to plead for the mercy of God when challenges take place.<br \/>No one is above asking God to gain His mercy.\u00a0<br \/>Despite the stand of Job before God, he knows to plead for mercy before God:\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cFor though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge\u201d (Job 9:15).<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>Job pleaded for mercy. He is with the integrity of the heart before God, which does not excuse him from pleading to attain the mercy of God.<br \/>Just like Job, the Psalmist had to plead for the mercy of God,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cHave mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death.\u201d (Psalm 9:13).\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Nothing qualifies anyone not to plead for mercy before God.<br \/><em><u>The mercy of God is attainable when one asks for forgiveness.<\/u><\/em><br \/>With repentance, one who asks before God for forgiveness will receive the mercy of God. The Bible records,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cFor You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You\u201d (Psalm 86:5).<\/strong><\/em><br \/>God is good and merciful; no iota of evil can deny the mercy of God that is in place for one with the understanding of repentance that calls for the forgiveness of God.<br \/>One with repentance and confession, forgiveness is a sure way to gain the mercy of God, as it is glaring in the pages of the Bible.\u00a0<br \/>The Bible encourages,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cHe who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy\u201d (Proverbs 28:13).<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>God is merciful, and God will respond with mercy for one who trusts and knows how to ask for forgiveness.<br \/>What is denying the mercy of God in your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong><strong>Ask God to have mercy on you.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: To faith in God will have hope. Psalm 9 One that trust God is with faith in God.The word of God promises one with trust and hope will gain the blessing of God.Jeremiah 17:7, \u201cBlessed\u00a0is\u00a0the man who trusts in the\u00a0Lord, And whose hope is the\u00a0Lord.The mercy of God is attainable when one trusts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12671\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MERCY IS POWER Part 2<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12672,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12671\/revisions\/12672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}