1. Staying Present in the Presence Part 11

2. Ephesians 2:4-7 (NIV)
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.

3. Ephesians 2:4-7 (NIV)
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

4. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7 (NIV)
7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

5. John 5:1-9 (NIV)
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

6. John 5:1-9 (NIV)
. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 4 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

7. John 5:1-9 (NIV)
7 "Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me." 8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,

8. 1. Look for what the Father is doing.

9. John 5:19 (NIV)
19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

10. 2. Help the hurting.

11. Proverbs 3:27 (MSG)
27 Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God's hand for that person.

12. 3. When you give mercy, you receive mercy.

13. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 5:7 (NIV)
7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

14. Psalm 136:1-9 (NKJV)
1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. 3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever:

15. Psalm 136:1-9 (NKJV)
4 To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever; 5 To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever; 6 To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, For His mercy endures forever;

16. Psalm 136:1-9 (NKJV)
7 To Him who made great lights, For His mercy endures forever The sun to rule by day, For His mercy endures forever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night, For His mercy endures forever.

17. Psalm 136:23-26 (NKJV)
23 Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever; 24 And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever; 25 Who gives food to all flesh, For His mercy endures forever Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.

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19. Staying Present in the Presence Part 12
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Staying Present in the Presence Part 12