Oct 17 2026 … Godly Compassion

Oct 17 2026 …  Godly Compassion 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …     and PLEASE take the time to listen to Matt Redman singing … Everyone Needs Compassion … calling on all Christians to offer the kind of compassion that God does for all that call on Jesus to be their Savior.

Reaching out with Godly compassion ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Jonah 4:4  [NLT]

…   4  The Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry about this?”   

… God challenges Jonah’s anger at God deciding to show mercy to the Gentiles in Nineveh.   

Reference Passage: …  Jonah 3:10-4:2, 4, 6-11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God shows His compassion on the repentant people in Nineveh and Jonah becomes angry at God’s mercy and compassion.

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Reference Passage: …  Isaiah 30:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to show His compassion and love to those who come to Him in faith.

Reference Passage: …  Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru Jeremiah, shows that God’s mercy is never ending for those who love and follow Him.  

Reference Passage: Matthew 9:26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… When Jesus saw the people following His compassion was like a shepherd for his sheep.

Reference Passage:  Romans 9:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul quotes from God saying to Moses that He (God) will show mercy on anyone He, The Lord, chooses.  

Reference Passage: Ephesians 4:32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches truth to fellow Christians about how they (we) are to mirror the compassion of God to others in our lives.

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 3:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Finally, Paul teaches that fellow Christians must put on the qualities of Godly compassion and love.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Karen Huang … USE THIS LINK   relates a personal story of disliking a co-worker, named Sadie, who had been rude to her.  But, when Sadie heard about an an evangelistic meeting at the ODB author’s church and asked if Sadie could go with the author, she curtly said she would think about it.  But later God convicted her that she should go to the church meeting with Sadie.   

Does the ODB story remind you of anyone in the Bible?   Yeah, …Jonah, right!  (see Highlight passage)  And all of the Scriptures shared above point to the reality of God desiring His chosen people (that’s us Christians!) to show Godly compassion; … yes, even to those who we don’t like, like Sadie in the ODB story today.   Personally, I need to be less like Jonah and more like Jesus when it comes to reaching out with Godly compassion to show God’s love and grace to others.  How about you?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank for  your never ending grace and love.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your never-ending compassion. Help us to show it to others today.    …  Amen

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