2015-11-09 ILC Chapel — God’s All Encompassing Compassion
2015 Chapels -God’s All Encompassing Compassion
Date : 2015-11-09
Speaker : Stefan Sonnenfeld
Jonah 4:2-4
So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”
Hymn: TLH 34, st. 2 :
My Soul, now Bless thy Maker
2. He shows to man His treasure
Of judgment, truth, and righteousness,
His love beyond all measure,
His yearning pity o’er distress,
Nor treats us as we merit,
But lays His anger by,
The humble, contrite spirit
Finds His compassion nigh;
And high as heaven above us,
As break from close of day,
So far, since He doth love us,
He puts our sins away.