We can breathe because,
God “blew into [humanity’s] nostrils the breath of life” (Gen. 2:7),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“Not by might, and not by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD” (Zec. 4:6),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“You anoint [our] heads with oil; [our] cups overflows” (Ps. 23:5),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“[We] need simply watch; the punishment of the wicked [we] will see” (Ps. 91:8),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Cor. 4:8),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8:28),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“[We] belong to God, children, and [we] have conquered them, for the one who is in [us] is greater than the one who is in the world” (1 Jn. 4:4),
God’s mercy endures forever.
We can breathe because,
“goodness and mercy will pursue [us] all the days of [our lives]; [we] will dwell in the house of the LORD for endless days” (Ps. 23:6),
God’s mercy endures forever.
Authored: Evangelist Michael P. Howard, M.A.