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SHOW COMPASSION

Text : Matthew 18:33 

“Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?”

In this single question, Jesus reveals God's heartbeat for people- compassion.

In the story from our Bible reading, the king expected the servant to treat others the same way he had been treated: with mercy, tenderness, and compassion. But the servant forgot the depth of kindness he had received and handled his fellow servant with no compassion.

This is so true about many believers:
We love God deeply, but sometimes fail to see people the way God sees them. Yet compassion is the very proof that we understand God’s heart.

Compassion begins with remembering God’s compassion toward us.
God didn’t just forgive us; He felt for us.
He saw our weakness, our failures, our struggles, and He was moved.
When we remember His compassion, it becomes easier to show compassion to others who are weak, hurting, slow, or imperfect.

Compassion softens our response to people’s faults. People can hurt us. People can disappoint us. People can misunderstand us.
But Jesus teaches us:
“Treat people the way I treated you, gently, mercifully, compassionately.”

 *When compassion fills the heart, criticism loses its grip.* 

Compassion help us to  see the wounds of the wrongdoer.
Often, the one who hurts us is equally hurting themselves.

The one who disappoints us is carrying a load we cannot see.
Compassion looks past the behaviour and sees the burden.

This is why Jesus was always moved with compassion, because He saw deeper than actions. He saw hearts.

Compassion turns forgiveness into something beautiful.

 *Compassion is love in action. To walk with God, we must walk in compassion towards men.* 

*BIBLE READING* : 

 Matthew 18:23-35.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

Father, please, give me your eyes to see people the way you see them  and give me your heart to feel for them the way you feel for them in Jesus name.

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