May 17th, 2026
Read Mark 5:24-28 “A large crowd followed and pressed around Him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about […]
May 16th, 2026
Read Matthew 9:35-38 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, […]
May 15th, 2026
Read Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Compassion isn’t something we ‘do’, it is something that we are – something that defines us as Christians. Clothing has been a feature of human life since the beginning of time. Its purpose is […]
May 14th, 2026
Read Luke 15:11-20 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there […]
May 13th, 2026
Read John 11:32-36 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit […]
May 12th, 2026
Read Matthew 15:32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.” Yesterday we explored how compassion starts with seeing. Today, […]
May 11th, 2026
Read: Matthew 14:14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. If you read through the gospels and pay attention to the flow of narrative, you’ll eventually begin to notice a pattern, that Jesus displays, of seeing and responding. He sees people in physical need and […]
May 10th, 2026
Read John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Compassion is a deep awareness […]
May 9th, 2026
“Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand […]
May 8th, 2026
“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in […]
