God promises us His mercy, but as believers, we must act as though His Word is true, or we will never have any faith in it. You can lay a Bible on the table and say, “Oh, this is a holy book.” But if you never depend on what God says in it and act on it, its power will never be released in your life. Holy things are not fragile. You can stand on God’s Word when all else looks like it is going to fail.

Realize that you must place your faith in the Word of God for His will to come to pass for you. You must exercise faith in His mercy to receive mercy just as you exerted faith in the law of salvation to get born again. For example, a man could die and go to hell after spending every Sunday of his life in church, if he never placed any action on his belief.

Romans 10:17 says: “…faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Because the Bible is our source of faith, you must hear what the Word of God says about faith in order to develop it. In the same way, if you want to exercise your faith in the mercy of God, you must study and meditate on what the Word of God says concerning His mercy.

Some Christians don’t know what they have in the new birth. They have heard the message of the Cross and received faith to be born again, but haven’t heard what the Word says about salvation for this life—for today and tomorrow. If they had, they would have discovered that they are already in Christ Jesus, and have received His worthiness to be in the Father’s presence. They would begin to understand that God is not looking at them except through eyes of mercy and grace. He sees us in Jesus—in His worthiness.

Gloria Copeland

Father, I come before You in prayer and in faith, believing.
Your Word says You desire all men to be saved and come into
the knowledge of the truth, so I bring _____________________
before You this day.

I break the power of Satan from his assignments and activities
in ___________________’s life in the Name of Jesus. Now,
while Satan is bound, I ask that You send forth the perfect
laborers to share the good news of the gospel in such a way
that he/she will listen and understand it. As the truth is ministered,
I believe ____________________ will come to his/her
senses and come out of the snare of the devil and make Jesus
the Lord of his/her life.

Father, I ask that You fill ____________________ with the
knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
As I intercede in his/her behalf, I believe that the
power of the Holy Spirit is activated and from this moment
on, I shall praise and thank You for ____________________’s
salvation.

I am confident that You are alert and active, watching over
Your Word to perform it. It will not return to You void. It will
accomplish that which You please, and prosper in the thing
whereto it was sent. Therefore, my confession of faith is, “God
has begun a good work in ____________________’s life and He
will perform it and bring it to full completion until the day of
Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Scripture References from The Amplified Bible: 2 Peter 3:9;
Matthew 18:18, 9:37-38; 2 Timothy 2:26; Jeremiah 1:12; Isaiah
55:11; Philippians 1:6.

Gloria Copeland