Have you ever noticed the relationship between the kindness of Jesus and His miracles? We read through the Gospels that wherever Jesus went, He was moved with compassion for people. When Jesus saw the multitudes, He had this deep inward moving of love to heal the sick and feed them miraculously. He had compassion on the widow who was weeping for her dead son and raised him from the dead (Luke 7:14). Two blind men heard that Jesus was passing…
Call it Empathy or Compassion, either way, it is overall robust and very influential. Empathy delivers supernatural occurrences and works miracles. Jesus didn’t simply feel sorry for those in need. No, His compassion moved Him to activity. He moved and supplied to meet their needs by His Mercy. Similarly, the missionary John says regarding us, “If anyone…sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live in him?” (1 John…
*1.* “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” *2* “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” *3* “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.” *4* “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment,…
What a great lesson Jesus Christ taught us using the scenario of a woman caught in Adultery detailed in John 8:3-11. We should always look for the best in each other. What are the things you need to look for in others? Find the slightest reason to love others, that is, look for the best in each other. When you are used to thinking that everyone has the best side, then it becomes easier to live to forgive others. It…
There is every opportunity for you in Christ Jesus to live abundantly in love. If you’re going to live and substantially in love, you must learn and graduate in the school of forgiveness; shortly, you must live to forgive others daily. Forgive one another is the key to you living in love. The Bible says, “Do not let the sun go down on your anger, but instead, forgive. And above all things, put on love.” That means: Above having your…
*1.* “Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.” *2* “He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.” *3* “And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for…
In Matthew 8, a Roman centurion, a commander of a hundred soldiers, came to Jesus asking Him to heal his paralysed servant who was suffering terribly. This powerful man stood in the gap for a servant, someone whom most people back then would have written off. He wasn’t coming for himself or a family member. When he started heading out to see Jesus, I imagine others asked why he would go to such great lengths “for one of the least…
In Matthew 25:40, Jesus marvelled at this centurion’s faith. This man wasn’t a Jew, yet Jesus said he had more faith than all the people around them. God is not looking at how religious you are, what church you attend, or how you were raised. What gets His attention is when you’re concerned about the less fortunate. When you stand in the gap for those who don’t have the opportunity you enjoyed, that’s, you ensure to reach others with blessings….
*1.* “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.” *2* “Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.” *3* “Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for…
Have you not heard that the lies you tell yourself destroy you more severely than the lies others tell you? Too often, we get comfortable with where we are in life and use that as an excuse to remain in mediocrity. “My parents were poor,” we say with a lack of understanding. “Before them, my grandparents were poor. Nobody in my family has ever amounted to much, so I won’t either.” You must have a rethink and tell yourself your…