Often when we speak of haters, everyone shouts, “Amen!” Both the victim and the perpetrator respond with equal enthusiasm. It appears to me that we have ways of justifying our malice toward others. But, wise people know that mercy isn’t meant to be hoarded at the expense of those who need it whether they deserve it or not. We are the recipients of grace that we are often slow to dispense. Let’s change that today! “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy (Matthew 5:7 NIV).” Message: “The Blind Spot” Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11 (NIV)
blind spots blind spots are the places
that we allow ourselves not to be
changed areas that you own allow your
faith to touch where your faith is not
penetrating and you don’t see it
vengeance and anger and hurt create
blind spots I’m not talking about good
people and evil people right people and
wrong people I’m talking about places
where there should be love but there’s a
like maybe your heart I wonder what is
in your blind spot who is suffering in
your blind spot for the lack of
something that you refuse to give some
people are nicer to strangers than they
are to their own family how can you say
that you love God and hate me just
because you’re gifted and just because
you’re anointed and just because you’re
successful doesn’t mean you
that’s because you’ve made a lot of
money doesn’t mean you’re right
you cannot substitute cash for
righteousness if God measures the
saturation of our faith by the way we
treat people how deep is yours
how deep are you really
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what I’m asking you to do is to reflect
the mercy you have been given the reason
I have to be merciful is because I have
received mercy and every time I want to
be judgmental I keep remembering
something that God did in my life
mercy doesn’t end with you
mercy begins with you I think God wants
to make you a sanctuary he wants to make
your heart to save somewhere this is not
about them this is about you God wants
you to be free
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what’s in your blind spot
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