Have a Compassionate Heart

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You see, sometimes we get so busy 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:51.400 in life that we don't even notice the people around us. 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:57.200 We have jobs, we have families, we have chores, responsibilities, 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:02.040 and sometimes those things can keep us so focused on 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.200 ourself and what we need to get done that we 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:09.639 forget about the people around us. We don't understand that 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:15.160 maybe they need something from us. And God wants us 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.600 to open our heart of compassion, to see through the 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:22.799 eyes of this compassion and see what the people around 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:27.680 us need. See, God wants to flow through us to 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:32.160 other people. He wants to use us as an instrument 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.880 of love. He wants us to be the hands and 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:40.120 feet of Him right down here on this earth. But 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.720 we're never going to be that until we begin to 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:46.679 understand this feeling that God wants to put in us 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.520 so that it can flow out of us. It says 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:54.440 in John three p. Seventeen, if anyone sees his brother 0:02:54.560 --> 0:03:01.200 in need and yet closes his heart of compassion, is 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:08.440 the love of God in him? Question mark? You see? 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.359 This scripture says we all have a heart of compassion, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.880 and it indicates that this heart, this chamber that God 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.400 wants to work through, can either be opened or it 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.480 can be closed. It can be shut off, and as 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.400 a result of it being shut off, the love of 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:32.200 God cannot flow out of it. We don't recognize what 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:36.480 God wants to do through us, and can I tell 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:41.160 you right now? God wants to work through you. He's 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:44.920 not looking at your mistakes, he's not looking at your past. 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.040 He is looking at who He wants you to be 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:51.160 and the things He wants to do through your life. 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:57.720 Because you are very influential, you hold value in substance 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:02.720 and in your sphere of atmssphere wherever you travel. God 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:06.040 wants you to use what he's given you. And the 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.080 first way to use what He's given us is to 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:13.800 recognize that God wants to put in us. The ability 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:19.960 to understand this compassion and how it works in our life. 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.760 You see. I believe that's the reason some people are 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:26.680 very unhappy today. It's because they close their heart of compassion. 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:31.400 They're not paying attention to the people around them, to 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.720 the world around them. You see, if we're going to 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:38.520 live this full life in the abundance that God has 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.400 given us, we need to stir up this heart of 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.520 compassion and say, God, give me eyes to see what 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:49.080 you'd have me do today. Open my mind and my 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:53.560 heart to the people who need your love. All through 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.960 the Bible we can read this. When Jesus walked the earth, 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.200 he saw the multitudes, and the Bible says that he 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:07.080 was moved with compassion. He saw the sick. It says 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:13.680 that he had this deep inward moving of compassion. He 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.640 saw two blind men. They were yelling his name, Jesus, 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:22.440 son of David, have mercy on me. It says he 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:28.279 was moved in his inner being with compassion. It's interesting 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.760 because Jesus walked over to where those blind men were. 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:35.320 He turned right around, he walked over. He looked them 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.520 right in the face. They couldn't see him, but I 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.480 bet they could feel him. They could feel him. They 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:47.400 felt that compassion. They said, have mercy on us. He said, 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.960 what do you want? They said, we want to see 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.480 And do you know that compassion that was in Christ 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:59.680 Jesus took went out of him in power and healed 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:06.159 those two blind men. You see, compassion is powerful. Compassion 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:11.360 can bring forth miracles. You see, Jesus fed the multitudes 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:17.279 because of the compassion. Jesus healed the sick, open blind eyes, 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:22.359 because he understood that God was saying, this is your time. 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.400 Move out in compassion. You see, he didn't just feel 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:31.560 sorry for him. He didn't just say, oh that's pitiful. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:36.240 Ah man, that's too bad. Oh my heart hurts for them. 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:43.400 You see, his compassion had action, It moved, it had action. 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.120 And you see you may say to me today, well, 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.719 I don't think I can open blind eyes. I don't 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.120 think I can heal the sick. I can't feed the multitudes. 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.359 But do you know the compassion that lives in you? 0:06:57.040 --> 0:07:01.839 When you're aware of it, it will cause you to 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:05.920 move out in power. It will give you the desire 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:10.840 to help someone else, because see, it's not you, it's 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:15.280 the power of God in you being released to someone 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:21.560 else for a miracle. How freeing is that. Don't put 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.160 the pressure on yourself. Say God, I understand what you're 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.760 doing on the inside of me, and God, I am 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:31.640 going to reach out and move in the compassion that 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:37.600 you've given me, this divine flow of love. You see, 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:42.760 we are directed to follow love and let it guide us. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:47.640 When you feel this compassion, this compassion is from God. 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:53.320 This compassion has miracle working power in it. You see. 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:57.800 Sometimes we're looking for a miracle, but God wants you 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:04.200 to be someone's miracle. He wants you to release your influence, 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:09.000 your power, your love on this earth. Jesus said there 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:13.000 was two great commandments. The first one is love God 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.679 with all of your heart, with all of your mind, 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.160 and with all of your soul. And he said the 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.160 second is this one, and it's just like the first. 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:27.360 Love your neighbor as your self. There was an expert 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.640 in the law when Jesus was saying this scripture, and 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:32.960 he said, Jesus, how am I supposed to know who 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:37.520 my neighbor is? What classifies a neighbor? Who am I 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:41.200 supposed to love like I would love myself? And Jesus 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.960 told a parable, told a parable about a man who 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:49.080 was walking to Jericho, a band of robbers came and 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:53.200 attacked him, beat him, bruised him, stole all he had, 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.120 and left him on the side of the road for dead. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:01.880 A priest came by, saw the man, went to the 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:06.200 other side of the road and walked past him. You see, 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:10.800 we can't be too busy to notice you see, it 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:16.800 doesn't disqualify us because we go to the other side. 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:20.800 A levite man, probably assistant to the priests. They had 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.600 something to do and somewhere to go. He saw the man. 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:28.000 The scripture says that he walked to the other side 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:33.079 of the street and kept on his way, totally ignoring 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:37.840 the wounded man. But then there was a Samaritan. He 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.839 was walking down the road. He said, what is that 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.640 on the street? Looked over there, and it was a 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:48.600 man wounded, laying there, bleeding, about to die. The Bible 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.320 says that he bandaged him up, took care of him, 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.959 put him on his animal, took him to an end, 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.960 gave the innkeeper money and said, hey, can you help 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:01.199 me take care of this guy? Give you money. I'm 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.480 going to have to leave, but I'll come back and 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:07.480 I'll pay any expenses that you've occurred from helping him. 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.839 You see, we're all busy. Even that man must have 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.680 been busy. He had to leave to take care of something. 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.080 But he said, look, he reached out and said, if 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.240 you'll help me, help this man, I'll give you what 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.000 you need. Jesus said to the expert of the law, 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:27.000 which one of these three men do you think was 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:31.880 a neighbor to this guy. The expert of the law said, 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:35.840 the one who showed mercy. And he said, that's right. 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.200 He said, Now you go and do the same. Do 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:47.679 the same. Jesus is saying, you go and do the same, 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:52.880 have mercy, open your heart of compassion. Let me work 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.680 through you, Let me use you in a powerful way. 0:10:56.520 --> 0:11:01.000 Don't worry about trying to do it yourself. That the 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.520 flow of compassion, the divine love that I'm pouring out, 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:10.239 has power in itself. You see, when about eight years ago, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.719 I lived next door to a beautiful family. I was 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:17.080 a wife and a husband and two beautiful young girls. 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:20.840 And the wife was my age. And she came down 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.760 with cancer, and she eventually died of cancer. I went 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.720 to the funeral and I began to talk to the 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.199 young girls, and they were so precious. My heart went 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.560 out to them and so I became friends with the 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:36.360 older girl. She was probably only twelve years old, but 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.040 I told her how much I loved her and that 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.760 I'll do anything for her. I'm right next door and 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.160 invited her her to church, and she came to church 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.400 on several occasions and loved it so much. But shortly 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:50.920 after that, her family moved away and I lost touch. 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:54.320 Life gets busy. I didn't know where they moved to. 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.679 You know, just about three days ago, I was putting 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.800 on my makeup, getting ready for the day, getting ready 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:06.800 to go out, and something in my heart just thought 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:10.920 about this girl. Now, I thought about where where is 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.080 that young girl? I begin to think about her, just 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.559 right out of the blue. I wasn't thinking about her. 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:20.280 I wasn't. It just came into my heart. I don't 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.080 know why God put that in my heart after eight 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:26.640 long years, but I really feel like that it was 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:31.000 his divine flow of love for this girl. And I 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:32.920 begin to pray for her. I begin to say, Lord, 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:35.120 I don't know where she is, but you know where 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:35.440 she is. 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:35.760 God. 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:39.079 I'm asking you whatever she needs, Father, meet every need 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.679 that she has. Give her wisdom. God. If there's anything 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.720 coming against her, Father, just stop that scheme right now 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.480 in Jesus' name, and I began to pray for her 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.720 and pray for her in that compassion just came up 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.480 out of me and I continue to pray. I told 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.559 Joel later, I said, you're not gonna believe God put 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.800 this in my heart. I don't know what all you 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:01.679 want me to do with it, but I'm going to 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.000 try to reach out to her. So I tried to 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.320 look her up on Facebook and I couldn't find her. 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.240 So I've asked a couple friends, Hey, do you remember 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.400 this family? If you know where they are, could you 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.800 tell me or get in touch with them and let 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.800 them know that I am thinking about them, And one 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:21.800 in particular, the girls, could they maybe reached back and 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.960 touch me or give me their number and I'll touch them. 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:29.280 You see, my heart of compassion was there. It's not 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.240 just enough to feel sorry for those girls because they 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:35.400 lost their parents. I want to move in this compassion. 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.560 I want to move out in this compassion because I 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:41.840 think to myself, what if it was my children, What 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:45.000 if it was my son and my daughter and I 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:49.240 left this earth and someone thought about them. But that's 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.920 all they did was think about them. I would soul 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.520 want someone to reach out and touch them, to pray 0:13:56.559 --> 0:14:00.760 for them. And you see, God may some people on 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:05.880 your heart. Maybe you've thought about some people. Maybe your 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:10.280 spouse was saying some things you didn't recognize yesterday, but 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:15.840 today you think, Wow, they were hurting. Listen, God wants 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:20.200 you to act on that compassion. You see a coworker 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.960 at work sitting across the room and you just you 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:27.160 feel like, oh, man, got lee kind of sorry for them. 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:36.840 Recognize that's God He's saying, move, move, reach out. You'll 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:40.680 never know the impact of what a phone call can do, 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:47.000 or the significance of someone of your words saying to someone, Hey, 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:51.960 I'm thinking about you, I care about you, I love you. Hey, 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.240 you're gonna make it. I'm praying for you. You see, those 0:14:55.280 --> 0:15:00.200 simple words of hope can turn someone's life around, can 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:04.040 open blind eyes and give them a new perspective, can 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.800 heal a heart and change the course of their destiny. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:13.080 You see, God has called us to move out in compassion, 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.800 to be the hands and the feet of Jesus. So 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:22.240 today let's pray. God open that heart of compassion. Let 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.800 me see hurting people around me. Yeah, I may have 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.880 to stop what I'm doing. I may have to take 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:34.120 some time, maybe even some money. But God, I know 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.720 that when i'm someone's miracle, you will make sure I 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:42.480 get all the miracles that I need. Amen. When you're 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:48.160 following love and compassion, you're following God. Amen. 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