1. Because You Answered: What Goes Out Comes Back
Matthew 5:7

2. Two Choices When Facing Bad Experiences:
1. Anger and Vengeance
2. Mercy and Forgiveness

3. Matthew 5:3-7 (NASB)
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

4. Three Truths Leading Us to the Right Choice:
1. There is a Lord to Learn About
Psalm 23:6 (KJV)
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

5. Luke 1:50 (NASB)
50 “And His mercy is upon generation after generation Toward those who fear Him.
Mercy: Not giving what is deserved
Grace: Giving what is not deserved

6. Three Truths Leading Us to the Right Choice:
1. There is a Lord to Learn About
2. There is a Lesson To Live
The lesson:
The Law of Proportionate Return

7. How to live: The way you want to be treated – treat others.
Galatians 6:7 (NASB)
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
How to live: The way you want to be treated – treat others.

8. Prayer, the Mightiest Force in the World
“Flash Prayers”

9. Three Truths Leading Us to the Right Choice:
1. There is a Lord to Learn About
2. There is a Lesson To Live
3. There is a Life to Love
Galatians 6:2 (NASB)
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

10. God: “I am going to call you to serve the poorest of the poor
God: “I am going to call you to serve the poorest of the poor. I am calling you to minister not to the living, but to the dying.”
“… Nothing makes you happier than when you really reach out in mercy to someone who is badly hurt.”

11. How?
Step 1: Jesus Christ coming into hearts filled with fear, anger, bitterness and hurts with His mercy
Step 2: Be merciful to yourself

12. Questions:
Do I have wounds that need mercy?
How do I want to be treated?
Who is in need around me that I can show mercy?

13. That’s the way God treats you & me – He has dealt with our past and gives a big Welcome Home!