Gloria Copeland — Responding With Compassion Part 5

The compassion and mercy of Jesus operated as a force against illness and disease. A good illustration of this is in Mark 1:40-42 when a leper came to Jesus and asked to be made clean. Verse 41 says, “And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I [...]

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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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