MERCY
PSALM 41:4 (CEB)
“Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me because I have sinned against you.”
JAMES 5:15 (NTE)
Faithful prayer will rescue the sick person, and the Lord will raise them up. If they have committed any sin, it will be forgiven them.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Because God is merciful his restoration is complete, with healing and forgiveness.
PRAYER
Merciful Father, you come to me in the midst of my guilt and shame. Though I am undeserving, in your mercy you deliver me from my sins and restore me to whole living. How can I thank you enough? Nurture in me a loving and forgiving spirit toward those around me. Amen. (Daily Texts, Mount Carmel Ministries edition)
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
