Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 19–Mercy<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em>Be merciful (responsive, compassionate, tender) just as your [heavenly] Father is merciful.<\/em>\u00a0 Luke 6:36 AMP<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Mercy<\/p>\n \u201cBe merciful just as your heavenly Father is.\u201d Perhaps you will need to forgive someone, or show leniency in enforcing a rule at work.\u00a0 Maybe you will need to be tolerant of someone who is exhibiting bad behavior, or offering to be charitable when you just don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n Mercy is not getting what we deserve.\u00a0 So today, planting Mercy seeds will be a challenge, it will not be easy.\u00a0 But, keep in mind that our heavenly Father shows us mercy every day and we need to do the same to others we interact with.<\/p>\n \u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”<\/em>\u00a0 Jesus–Matthew 5:7 ESV<\/p>\n SGLY Ministry @2025 Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 19–Mercy \u00a0Be merciful (responsive, compassionate, tender) just as your [heavenly] Father is merciful.\u00a0 Luke 6:36 AMP Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Mercy \u201cBe merciful just as your heavenly Father is.\u201d That is our goal today as we go out planting seeds of Mercy. 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\n<\/em>That is our goal today as we go out planting seeds of Mercy.
\nBe alert to whom the Father brings across your path today.\u00a0 Look for ways you can be compassionate and show tender mercies to others.<\/p>\n
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