Summary: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/westside-christian-fellowship/id386117063">If you want to stay up on the latest audio messages from Westside Christian Fellowship, don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes.</a><a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="%22http://westsidechristianfellowship.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Audio/5_9_2018_God_Is_Merciful.mp3</a"><br><br> </a><a class="twitter-share-button" href="http://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><br> <a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="%22http://westsidechristianfellowship.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Audio/5_9_2018_God_Is_Merciful.mp3</a"></a><br><br> Complete Sermon Notes<br> Lessons From Nehemiah<br> Part 4: God is Merciful; Ready to Pardon<br> Gave charge of Jerusalem to a faithful man who feared God (7:2)<br> Ezra reads the Law to those who “could understand” and they all stood (8)<br> <br> <br> They all wept when they heard (8:9)<br> <br> <br> Do not be sorrowful – the joy of the Lord is your strength.<br> <br> <br> Then separation took place from pagan influence (9:1)<br> They were reminded of God’s faithfulness, and that their father’s rejected God (9)<br> <br> <br> God is “ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them” (9:17b).<br> <br> <br> <br> Ready – easily available or obtained; within reach.<br> Gracious – courteous, kind, and pleasant.<br> Merciful – bringing someone relief from something unpleasant.<br> Slow to anger – not in a hurry / patient.<br> Abundant in kindness – overflowing: more than any person could ever offer.<br>
