gracious

Gracious and Merciful

Psalm 145: 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. Now isn’t that what you want in a best friend?

Righteous Life

Today’s passage shows the characteristics and benefits of a life lived in reverence to the Lord. It describes the life of the person who loves the Lord. Blessing and prosperity adorn his life and he is prosperous in all his ways. It also shows his personality traits, traits which are gained through living enamored with God.

Our Time

My favorite verse in this psalm is actually verse 10, “The fear (reverence) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” That is the verse I intended to use for today’s Word of the Day. I didn’t use it because when I read verse 4 this idea of God’s compassion overtook my mind and heart. I was immediately given to understand that being in the Lord is how we are able to express compassion and to be gracious. Those two traits might not be intrinsic to humans, but we have the ability to express them expansively because He is in us giving life to our mortal bodies. His life within us is filling us with His goodness so that we have His love to share with others. This, the love and compassion of our dear Father, is what the world needs now, most of all.

Lovingkindness

Exodus 34: 6 – 7 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin.” I wrote yesterday of my changing attitudes and if I failed […]

The Gracious Hand of the Lord

Nehemiah 2: 8 And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have all our  requests granted by the people we need favor with? My first thought upon reading this was, “Why was the hand of God on Nehemiah?” Then I remembered a […]

Devotional Sign-up

In the beginning was the Word...
Make a Donation

Ivey Rorie Ministries is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

Search Archives
Monthly Archives
Archives