Think Compassion, Not Indifference

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Meditate. Compassion and tenderhearted.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32

…be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. This reminds me of the Golden Rule…Treat others the way you want to be treated. Jesus shared this with His followers during the Sermon on the Mount. Read it in different translations of the Bible for more insight and conviction.

For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. Matthew 7:2

Fish and Loaves mosiac in Israel
Near the Sea of Galilee and the Mt. of Beatitudes
Jesus fed 5,000 and then 4,000 men and
their family...bread and fish.

Consider how compassionate Jesus was as He healed, taught and lived among His disciples and other supporters. He was obedient to His Father and treated others the way He Himself would have wanted to be treated. He fed over 9,000 men and their families, healed the blind, lame and those possessed with demons. He even raised people from the dead. That was what His Father wanted Him to do. We may not have those same gifts of the Spirit that Jesus had, like raising people from the dead and healing them, but we can obediently be compassionate to others—especially other Christians. Paul wrote this letter to the church at Ephesus—to the Christians—the believers. So his admonishment to get rid of bitterness and those other evil feelings and to…Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you…applies to Christians today, too. Do you feel that you are tenderhearted and compassionate to other Christians…forgiving them if they have wronged you? Or are you just indifferent to others? Think about that…and how your relationship with other Christians impacts your relationship with the Lord. We must forgive others if we want God to forgive us.

Prayer ~ Lord God, open the eyes of my heart to see others around me, especially Christian brothers and sisters, as You see them. Help me to be tenderhearted and compassionate towards them—obediently loving them as You would.

Verse of Salvation ~ Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. Colossians 3:1-4

New life in Christ is salvation. It is a gift from God, not something that anyone can earn.

Think compassion, not indifference

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