SCRIPTURE FOCUS: 1 Peter 1:3 NIV Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercyHe has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Now that we have made it through our first week of this year's Lenten season, it is time for us to get to the real work. Some of us may have breezed through the first week while others of us might have had a few setbacks, maybe even been a little lax with our commitment. Ok, get up and hit reset! It is time to get to work!
On this second week of Lent, I want us to focus on these words: In God's Great Mercy! We are all beneficiaries of God's great mercy. God's mercy is shown through God's compassionate forgiveness- it is actualized when we survive events that we never should have attended or are given opportunities for success that we did not fully deserve yet along appreciate. God's mercy is new every single day of our lives! Thank God!
As we seek to establish a new page in God, let us spend this week intentionally mindful of God's Great Mercy! Do you see it on your job or in your home? Do you see it in your physical and even mental health? Every time I become aware of God's Great Mercy it is truly an opportunity for me to establish a new page. God is giving us another chance to "get it right"!
Since God extends us this compassionate forgiveness, I want to challenge us to use this week of our Lenten journey to do the same for someone else.
CHALLENGE:
Identify a person or circumstance where you can imitate God's Great Mercy: offer compassionate forgiveness, even when it is not sought. | 
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