God, have mercy on me

George Calleja | 05/01/2025

Recently, I once again came across the following verse from the Bible, referring to Luke 18:13, ‘but the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

This verse taken from the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, basically reminded me that we are all sinners and how important that we are to return to God. Just like the tax collector in this parable, we are to ask forgiveness to God, to restore us and to have mercy on us.

Through the mercy of God, He gives each sinner compassion, and kindness, and His mercy shows up in the believer's life at salvation, and then God continues to show mercy in forgiveness.

So each person is to be encouraged, even though being sinners, for the mercy of God reaches everyone, is for all, is there to receive redemption and salvation. So return to God, let go of your sin, and be embraced by God.

(to watch this video go to the following link: https://youtu.be/VcNEEfeYb9M )

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About the Author

George Calleja

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I am George Calleja from Malta; I am married and have two children. In 2009, I obtained my MBA through the University of Leicester.

During the years 1990 to 1996, I was a full-time missionary with ‘The International Catholic Programme for Evangelization - ICPE’ and have evangelized in various countries, such as Russia, Ghana, Poland, Germany, and Malta amongst others. Since 1997, I am an active member of the Focolare Movement in Malta.

Since June 2012, I created a website by the name of 'Peace and Unity in our lives', which provides inspiration and encouragement for life, and an opportunity for people around the globe to find courage by trusting God to be more present in their life.

I also am a Christian Author. My first book was Peace and Unity in our lives – Volume One (Nov. 2014). I published my second book (Jan. 2015), Volume Two of Peace and Unity in our lives (now in paperback). My third book ‘Yes… I will follow Him’, published in March 2015. I published a free ebook Evangelization (June 2015) through Social Networking Sites', which is also available in paperback for a minimal price.

Other Christian books of mine are:

September 2015 - ‘The Beatitudes… the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount’

January 2016 – ‘My little book of daily prayer’,

April 2016 – ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’,

September 2016 – ‘The Light’

February 2017 – ‘Heal my Wounds’

July 2017 – ‘Waking up the sleeping giant’ a free ebook to download, which is also available for a minimal price as a paperback version,

December 2017 - 'Spiritual Reflections',

June 2018 - 'In His Image',

January 2019 - 'Her Silence',

October 2019 - 'Come To Me',

November 2020 - 'Emmaus... in today's society',