A Plea for Mercy: When Mercy Said No

By Michael Odame-Boahene

At the heart of this book is an attempt to bring to bare that every day we live is an act of Gods mercy. Scripture informs us that we have all sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God (Romans 3:23). In our effort to right the wrong and live a righteous life pleasing to God, the scripture reminds us that all our righteousness are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). We deserve judgement and the inevitable wages of sin, death. Author Michael Odame-Boahene goes ahead to explain how Gods mercy makes Him withhold judgement to grant pardon, making Gods mercy the very source of His peoples life.

A Plea for Mercy is not a manifesto to endorse the perpetuation of evil but a campaign to garner votes for Gods desire for mercy. God takes delight in the survival of His people and desires to show us that mercy that we need to survive. Gods desire for mercy stands as an affirmation of His commitment to make provision and protection for you, deliver, proclaim liberty, open doors, heal, work miracles for you etc. In effect, it is a blessed assurance not just to make you survive, but also to thrive in this adulterous and sinful generation.

A Plea for Mercy comes as an emergency responsive action tool to accept Gods invitation to His buffer system blueprint as a sure way of living above the line of mediocrity to surviving as Gods choicest instrument of excellence to restore His Glory.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973629351

Michael Odame-Boahene

Michael Odame-Boahene is a minister of the gospel based in the United States of America. His ministry is dedicated to bringing back the hearts of the people to God and is characterized by various miracles, signs and wonders. He is a recent graduate student of the prestigious Cornell University (located in Ithaca, NY), where he earned his Masters degree in Environmental Engineering and currently working to earn his PhD.

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WestBow Press rev. date: 05/29/2018

CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 The Concept Of God’s Mercy In Perspective

1.1   Mercy in the Old Testament

1.2   Mercy in the New Testament

Chapter 2 The Mercy And Grace Nexus

Chapter 3 God’s Prerogative And Desire For Mercy

Chapter 4 The Mercy Seat

4.1   The Role of the Mercy Seat

Chapter 5 The Promise And Covenant Of Mercy

5.1   The Sure Mercies of David

Chapter 6 Attracting God’s Mercy

Chapter 7 God’s Sheepdogs (Goodness And Mercy)

7.1 Playing with the Sheepdogs

DEDICATION

To my mum, Ms Theresa Osae and my guardians, Ms Margaret Sakyiama and Mr. Benjamin Duodu; for the various ways you all contributed and supported to nurture me into the man I have become. Thank you for all you do. It is my heartfelt prayer that God will show you great mercies and everlasting kindness all the days of your life. Amen!

FOREWORD

It is a pleasure to introduce Minister Michael Odame-Boahene’s, A Plea for Mercy to you. The content of this book came out from a man yearning to reach the heart of Jesus Christ. This book is thus an invitation to you to experience His Mercy, which has also been the heartbeat of God for all humanity. What you have in your own hands, as I have found myself, will be a blessing to you in three ways. First, it helps you to understand the concept of God’s mercy and grace. Second, it unleashes the promise and the covenant of His mercy to man. Third, it opens one’s mind on how to attract His mercy. Through this book, I have gained much understanding that, life is full of trespasses that put us against God. Such that attract divine judgement. God judgement has no appeal; more final than the Supreme Court’s verdict. The only remedy there is, comes from