FAITH CAPSULE: This new season is a desire to gain the mercy of God.

Know to do well by giving all to God to gain and retain His incomparable mercy. 
Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, the mercy of God has been consistent to see you this far, not to become a victim of the wicked world.
The mercy of God means God is compassionate and kind.
The mercy of God is with forbearance that does not run out.
The mercy of God is His loyal love; it is the conventional love of the covenant-keeping God. 
Just as power belongs unto God, mercy also belongs to God. 
God cannot be intimidated or manipulated by any of His creations to receive His mercy.
The mercy of God is not attainable by the work but by walking with God. 
Romans 9:14-16 testifies, “…I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion. So, then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.”
The mercy of God is in place for all, and nothing under heaven can displace or deny one that God will visit.
With mercy, God led the children of Israel out of the bondage of over four hundred years. 
Exodus 15:13 records, “You in Your mercy have led forth the people whom You have redeemed…”  
Know to understand to live life to attain the mercy of God as the Bible records His word.
TO OBTAIN THE MERCY OF GOD:
Live by loving God.
Joseph, who loved God, reacted against the temptation of the wife of his master to experience the mercy of God as the Bible mentions, “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor…” (Genesis 39:21).
Joseph loves God to obtain the mercy of God.
Know to plead for His mercy.
The Psalmist had to plead for the mercy of God, “Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death.” (Psalm 9:13). 
Plead for mercy before God.
Know to trust God for His mercy.
The Psalmist declared, “But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (Psalm 13:5). 
God is merciful.
Ask for forgiveness to gain the mercy of God.
Psalm 86:5  states, “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” 
God is good and merciful for one with the understanding that calls on God. 
To do good gains the mercy of God.
Proverbs 14:22 confirms, “…but mercy and truth belong to those who devise good. 
What one sows and to fear God will gain His mercy.
Hosea 10:12 buttresses the word of God, “Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy.” 
Above all, fear God to gain His mercy.
Luke 1:50, “And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.” 
To fear God will provoke all to do to gain His mercy.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to gain the mercy of God.