Compassion

Friendship with the World

You are like unfaithful wives, flirting with the glamour of this world, and never realising that to be the world’s lover means becoming the enemy of God! Anyone who deliberately chooses to love the world is thereby making himself God’s enemy. (James 4:4 Phillips Translation)

Thy Will Be Done

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10

There are two ways that children appeal to their fathers and mothers for their help.

One is the way of the child who is obsessed with his own desires, who finds comfort in toys and stuffed…

Speak Up for the Unheard

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. (Proverbs 31:9)

The impact of the rule of God in life is respect and appreciation for all people. We must especially speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves.

Where You Look Most of the Time

Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. (Psalm 41:1)

We have choices about where we will look most of the time.

Lift Up Your Eyes!

Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. (John 4:35)

The natural man sees the world through his own prejudices. The lenses he wears retain the color of the sinful nature, the priorities of the flesh, the…

Teaching Expectation

But he answered, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?” (Mark 6:37)

The Compassion of Christ

When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. (Mark 6:34)

Mark’s gospel shows Jesus as a man of action, a servant to the purposes of God. Yet Mark…

The Caring Christ

Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Matthew 20:34

This healing is remarkable because of when it was accomplished in the ministry of Christ.

The Compassion of Christ

When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

The Healing Touch of Grace

Casting all your cares upon him for he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7

There is no worry in our lives about which Christ is not concerned. All the things that trouble us come into His view, and all we need to do is to lift them up to…