A Month of Thanksgiving: His Mercy Endures Forever

When you do a search of the Bible verses which contain the phrase "Give thanks to the Lord", you find that the next phrase most often is "for his mercy endureth forever."

Mercy. God's mercy towards us is mind-boggling.

As children, we all heard (and maybe even sang) the song, "Santa Claus is coming to town", and sometimes we think of God like a sort of cosmic Santa Claus. If you are "good", He fulfills your wish list. If you are naughty, well, you get coal in your stocking. Though our actions do often have consequences (for better or for worse), were it not for God's mercies, we would all be deserving of Hell, because we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Don't believe me? Try taking this simple test!

God's mercies are new to us every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). Each day is a fresh start in Christ!

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
(Psalm 136:1-5)