Lord,have mercy. A raw plea for intervention. The mostcommon prayer in the Bible. And—most remarkably—a request that God has never failed to grant . . . often in surprisingways that have radically transformed individual lives and the trajectory ofhistory itself. In TheMercy Prayer, Robert Gelinas exploresthe richness of God’s unfailing compassion by blending biblical insights with penetratingpersonal encounters and keen insight into familiar stories. The resultis a practical guide for receiving the mercy we all desperately need andletting it flow from us into the lives of others. The MercyPrayerreveals: How God’s abundant compassion is at the core of Hischaracter and was central to the earthly mission of Jesus The truththat simply praying the Mercy prayer and anticipating mercy’s arrival cansoothe a wounded soul and change a life from the inside out Practicalways to carry God’s mercy into the muck and mire of a hurting world, offeringcomfort and hope in the name of Christ How you canmake the most frequent prayer in the Bible your most prayed prayer, too, bylearning to pray with every breath you take and every beat of your heartTheMercy Prayerinvites each of us to become a student of heavenly compassion and clemency, toimmerse ourselves in it, to embrace the responsibility of seeing all life in view of God’s mercy—and to watch as thissimple-yet-profound cry reshapes us and our world. Everybody needs mercy.
