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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are

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going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker, Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, Good morning. It is Tuesday, January

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twenty one, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El

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David Harris. I am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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Lesson study series God's Love and Justice, and our caption

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for today is the Compassion of Jesus. The Compassion of Jesus.

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We'll get into that in just a moment, but first

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I'd like to say welcome to you and ask you

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to please go over to your Daily Portion dot com.

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Please join our online community. I need you to pick

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up the Your Daily Portion companion guide for this quarter.

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Because there are four key ways that we are learning

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to apply the Lesson study to our lives. So you

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need to pick that up. And also please go ahead

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and click that number seven. I don't mean type it

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in the chat. I mean click. There's a button on

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the site. Click the number seven and subscribe there at

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your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the

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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's

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go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.

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Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this day

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and for the opportunity that you have entrusted to us

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to serve you and to do your will. Thank you

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for showing us compassion. Please teach us to be compassionate

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in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. So

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we are going to define define compassion. Okay, defining compassion

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and the normal dictionary, like everyday dictionary, says that compassion

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is sympathetic pity, having even gotten into a theological discussion

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of this sympathy or a sympathetic pity and concern for

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the sufferings or misfortunes of others. And then here is

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a sentence the victims should be treated with compassion, okay,

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and so are we having sympathetic pity for people who

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are going through some things today? That's the question. Really,

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Jesus has compassion, He is compassionate. Maybe that's the better

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way of saying it. But am I compassionate when I

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see people who have needs that I may take for granted?

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Am I compassionate toward them? When there are people who

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are having challenges in their relationships, spousal relationships, their relationships

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with their children, relationships at work, or if you are

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an influencer or somehow you are a notable person that

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people would recognize if you were walking on the street

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and you just feel like I can't I can't have

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a private moment because cameras are always in my face.

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Am I compassionate toward you? And that is a question

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for all of us, because Jesus is compassionate. And so

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from page sixty two in our Companion Guide. In our

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Companion Guide, we're going to apply the professional application. We're

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going to use the professional application. W we're spelling when

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it's an acronym. Okay, what is important now? In the workplace,

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embodying Jesus's compassion can create a more supportive and understanding

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environment like have you ever been in a situation where

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you felt like the people at work didn't care about you,

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even sometimes the people who supervise you. Let me continue

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showing empathy towards colleagues and times of stress or difficulty

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can foster a positive atmosphere. And now we're going to

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go to the end. We'll skip the eye today. You

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can go in your guide and pick it up there

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the end. Be intentional this week about showing compassion in

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your professional interactions, whether it's offering a listening ear, helping

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with a project, or simply expressing appreciation. Let your actions

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reflect the compassionate love of Jesus. I hope you're getting this.

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And so we're going to go ahead and jump in

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to the Bible book of Luke Luke ten and read

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one of the situations where we see the compassion of

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Jesus and Jesus answering. Verse thirty said a certain man

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went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves,

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which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed,

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leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down

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a certain priest. See, these are people who are supposed

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to be compassionate in this case not so much. And

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when he saw him, he passed on the other side.

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And likewise a levite, Oh, these are God's people that

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should be compassionate. But in this case, ah, not so much.

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When he was in the place, came and looked on

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him and passed on the other side. But a certain Samaritan,

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these are the people that you would least likely have

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expected would be of service. But the Samaritan, I think

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some people call it the good Samaritan sometimes, huh. But

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a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was,

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and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.

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And then the Bible says that this Samaritan in air quotes,

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actually provided for this man and his care. You understand.

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So compassion is active, compassionate love is active. It doesn't

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say it is inconvenient for me to help you. It

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doesn't find out what is the most or the easiest

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way to be of service to someone. It says, it

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doesn't matter what it will cost me. Huh, it doesn't matter.

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I have to find a way to be of service.

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Is it going to cost me time, is it going

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to cost me money? Well, I need to reach out

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to other people. To assist. Is it something that I

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can just give a listening ear? And there are a

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lot of people who want to be heard, which is

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why you hear all kinds of foolishness on the internet

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these days and in the news cycle, because people just

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really want to be heard, and when they're not being heard,

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they moved to destructive behaviors, many times just to jump

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up and down and say I need somebody to listen

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to me. Jesus was compassionate, and there are so many

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other examples in the scriptures. One in Matthew, chapter nine

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and verse thirty six, the Bible says, but when he

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saw Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion

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on them because they faked and were scattered abroad as

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sheep having no shepherd. You see, the compassionate love of

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God is moved when he sees that there are people

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who need to give our lives to God and don't

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know how. When we're bound to certain sin habits, we're

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bound in certain relationships, we're bound in the mindset that

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says that I am serving money because I'm money focused

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and money oriented. It is compassion, compassionate love that God

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pours out on us when he gives us the mindset

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of Jesus. Paul said it, let this mind be in you,

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which was also in Christ Jesus. And then he taught

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us what humility was like. He taught us what service

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was like, He taught us what love was like. Etc.

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And So when Jesus sees these multitudes of people that

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you work with, people with whom you live, people you

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see as you travel on the roads, these individuals, he

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has moved with compassion because he realizes these folks are

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all over the place and don't know how to connect

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with God. Can you become an arm or foot, a leg,

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a hand to the people, hand of God to the people,

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so that with his compassionate love, you can provide something

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that will lead them closer to him. That's a question.

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And then the Bible says, here, let me just say

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in Matthew chapter fourteen and verse fourteen, and Jesus went

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forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with

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compassion toward them. What did he do as a result,

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the Bible says, and he healed their sick. So if

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we don't get anything else today, we need to get

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this that when we have the kind of compassionate love

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that Jesus has that brand of it. Then we are

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moved to action. We're not just moved to feeling. We

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are moved to action, and we say, God, I see

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this need, I am feeling compassionate toward person or person's

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ex What would you have me to do? And then

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we become the conduit through which Jesus himself is acting

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on the behalf of those that we are compassionate over.

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Make it a great day, peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,