… is a verb, not a noun. We have as our example, our model – Jesus. There are many scriptures talking about Jesus showing compassion and doing something. Compassion is an action verb, it doesn’t just commiserate! Empathy is wonderful but compassion is so much more. Abundant Life (https://livingproof.co/what-is-biblical-compassion/#:~:text=Compassion%20in%20the%20Bible%20can,giving%20to%20those%20in%20need.) states: [[ “If God is compassionate, […]
I discovered the following today on a FB post “Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you look to heaven, and the problem that made you look for God.” [author unknown] What do you think!? Did it make you stop, like it did me, and muse a minute or 2?
I’ve had people tell me that they believe in God but that they don’t believe in Jesus! Not certain how they can even begin to accomplish that. Actually some would say that they are a Christian – though how can one be a Christian without believing in Christ??? Ohhh, they believe Jesus existed but not
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How many times have you heard, or said, that you learn from your mistakes, from your failures? A variation of the theme of: those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it? Do you? Do you learn from your missteps… regardless of the attendant emotion? How about successes? Do you learn from them
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“Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and
First, I’m not talking about you feeling you are taken for granted. Nor am I referring to You taking another person for granted. I’m talking about do you take the Lord for granted? The answer is a rousing – YES. But we all do. The fact that we all do is not a license that
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It’s really kinda sad (I think) and slightly frustrating but I don’t think ‘mature’ will ever be descriptive of me. I think it would be rather grand to be viewed in my world as wise, kind, gracious. Sigh. Not gonna happen… ever. Why? What, Which ‘why’ are you asking? Why am I sad or frustrated?
Have you ever thought about God having feelings? Too trite or insignificant or maybe too disrespectful? Why? Put away those reactions and think about the question – there is a reason. Do you believe the Triune God has feelings? “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [but seek to please Him], by whom
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but I’ve just discovered that I am terrible about compromising. It’s not that I view myself as infallible – I’ve been so very wrong so many times. I think it’s based in the fact that I am pretty much black or white. Rarely, if ever. both simultaneously. and not
Do you ever take the time to put teachings, verses together when one confirms the other. I certainly do – example: “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe [Me] because of the [very] works themselves [which you have witnessed]. I assure you and most solemnly say
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
