Receiving God’s Mercy
Amyraut explains these two covenants this way:
And truly, the mercy of God consists in two degrees: one which, as it is said, does not go beyond presenting to us the forgiveness of our sins through the Redeemer and takes sovereign pleasure in our salvation providing that through unbelief we do not reject this grace; the other goes so far as to make
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God doesn’t need [reminders from us] to be merciful; [God] is merciful all the time, even when we don’t ask. But unless we make a habit of asking for mercy, we forget that we need it. . . .
Prayer of the Heart
All these people cry out to God, and He has mercy on them all, regardless of whether they arrived in their circumstances through oppression, evil, sorrow, or some combination of those.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; th
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