God's Mercy and My Failures — Part 4

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[upbeat music] Hello, and thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren, and today we're continuing in a series called The Miracle of Mercy. Rick will show us how God's mercy can lift your guilt, heal your wounds, and transform the way you live. And now, the final part of a message called God's Mercy and My Failures.

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Number four, when we fail, he shows us mercy when we're down. He shows us his mercy when we're down. He doesn't beat us up. He doesn't pile on. He doesn't add to our guilt. He doesn't add scorn and shame and a scolding. He saves us. And when you have failed, he doesn't just come in and go, "Let me tell you how bad you've done." No, he shows mercy when we're down. And there's a beautiful example of this. It's, it's tender. It's a very tender example in John Chapter 21. Here's the story. This is a couple weeks after the resurrection. So it's about like now, we're two weeks after Easter. So right about now, two weeks after Easter, you know, I told you Jesus was around for 40 more days. It says two weeks later, uh, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. Seven of the disciples were there, and Simon Peter said, uh, they hadn't seen Jesus yet. Simon Peter said, "I'm going fishing."