Gloria Copeland — Responding With Compassion Part 4

Don’t ever come against somebody’s faith, even if you do not think they are strong enough. Get in there and help them. That is what Jesus did. He was governed by mercy and compassion instead of by legalism, rules and fear. If He had been afraid Peter was going to drown, He would have started [...]

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Gloria Copeland — Responding With Compassion Part 3

The nature of compassion is to give you a part of what it possesses. This is how it works. For example, in spite of His personal circumstances, Jesus prayed and ministered to the people all day long and then provided for their physical nourishment. After all this had taken place, it says in Matthew 14:22 [...]

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Gloria Copeland — Compassion, In The Face Of Tragedy

In every situation, the compassion of God controlled Jesus. Even in the face of personal tragedy when Herod beheaded His cousin, John the Baptist, Jesus triumphed over His emotions. Jesus and John had shared a special kinship that began even before they were born. John’s mother, Elizabeth, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, spent most [...]

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Gloria Copeland — Responding With Compassion Part 2

Even Jesus expressed and acted on the inward yearning of compassion. Matthew 9:36 notes Jesus observed that the people were like sheep having no shepherd, and He was moved with compassion on them. His immediate response was to select 12 men to go and minister among them. The choosing of the 12 disciples was directly [...]

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Gloria Copeland — Responding With Compassion Part 1

Having the Spirit of God move and lead you by compassion from deep within your innermost being is not mental at all. It is beyond feeling and even beyond saying “I feel led.” It is where we yearn and experience the heart’s desire of God. From that area, rivers of living water begin to flow. [...]

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