Compassion June 22, 2026

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Good evening and welcome to our Careless Pray Ministries. I'm really grateful you're all here this evening with me. Before we begin, I just want to gently remind you of something simple but powerful. People don't always remember what you say first, but they almost always remember how you made them feel. And that's where compassion becomes so important. And today's devotional is called Be Compassionate. And I want to ease into this with you because compassion is not something we force. It is something that grows as we stay close to the heart of God. It's the kind of love that slows down enough to notice someone else's pain. It's the kind of love that listens instead of rushing. It's the kind of love that chooses understanding over judgment. Our scripture text today will come from Colossians three and twelve, and it says put on therefore as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness and long suffering. Amen. May the Lord have a blessing to the hearing and the reading and the doing of his word. I want you to know that compassion is like putting on clothes. It is intentional. Compassion is kindness, mercy, humility, gentleness, patience, not as feelings that come and go, but as a way of living that reflects God's heart. Because compassion is not passive, my brothers and my sisters. It is not just saying I care, it is showing that you care. It is stepping into someone else's moment with empathy. It is sitting with someone in their struggle instead of rushing past them. It is responding with a gentleness when judgment will feel justified. And in those moments something powerful happens. People begin to feel safe, and when people feel safe, they begin to open up. And when hearts open up, God can begin to work in deeper ways. That's why compassion matters so much in our witness. Because before people receive truth, they often need to experience love. Not shallow love, not surface level kindness, but real, sincere, Christ centered compassion. The kind Jesus showed every day of his ministry. He saw people others overlooked, he touched people others avoided, he listened to people others dismissed. He responded with mercy when others expected condemnation. And he shifts and he still does that today through his people, amen. He does it through you, through your voice, through your actions, and through your presence, amen. I want you to know, sometimes we have to slow down intentionally. We have to pause long enough to ask, what might this person be currying that I cannot see? Because everyone is currying something. Some people are currying stress, grief, loneliness. Some are curring pressure they don't talk about. And compassion gives us the ability to respond with care instead of assumption, amen. It helps us see people as God sees them, not as interruptions, but as opportunities to reflect His love. So today I want to gently ask you, do you show empathy to others? Are you being compassionate? And you can feel that you're being compassionate toward others. Are you looking at compassion as a reflection to help, or you just want to criticize? Sometimes we have to be aware of our thoughts, aware of how we think. Amen. So we need to be more like Jesus Christ and be in the now and meet people where they are. And before we pray, I want you to know this. When you are meeting people where they are, breathe and exhale and let them know that you care. Let them know if you've been through something as similar as what they're going through. Be patient to respond. Don't respond just to respond. But just be patient until the Lord says, speak. There are oftentimes there's moments where all people want you to do is listen. Don't judge them, don't give them advice, but just listen. Let us go to the Lord in prayer. Heavenly Father, in the precious name of Jesus, we come before you with grateful hearts. Lord, thank you for your endless compassion toward us. Thank you for your mercy that meets us each and every day. And God, we thank you for your kindness that never runs out. And Heavenly Father, on this evening, we ask you to soften our hearts and fill us up with compassion for one another. Help us to see people the way that you see them, O God. Help us respond the way you would respond. Help us to truly be an example of your love. Honey Father, we don't want to show indifferences. We don't want to show impatience. We don't want to show pride. We don't show we don't want to show judgment. But God, we pray that we can show mercy, grace, and your gentleness. Honey Father, help us to learn how to slow down and truly see people around us. Help us to listen with care and speak with kindness and act with love. Honey Father, let our compassion not just be something we feel, but something we live out in action. Today, tomorrow, forevermore. Show us who needs patience, understanding, love, and encouragement each and every day forevermore. Honey Father, for the one listening who feels unseen or misunderstood, remind them that you see them completely. For the one who feels heavy hearts, bring them comfort and peace, O God. And for the one who struggles to show compassion because they themselves have been hurt, bring them healing, O God, I pray. Let your heart heartbeat, let your heart and your heartbeat beat inside of theirs, O God. Let them feel your presence, your warmth, and your love right now, O God. God, we pray for a peaceful sleep, peaceful rest, and for your mercy to fall fresh upon us. It is in your darling son, Jesus Christ's name, we pray. Amen. Amen, amen, amen. I hope you all have a wonderful evening. I hope you all will show a little bit more compassion. You can never show too much compassion, amen. You can always shower down love, peace, sympathy, empathy toward anybody. And I'm telling you, they're gonna fall in love with it when someone truly shows them that they care. So until next time, keep on loving, keep on blessing, keep on showering down God's love, and keep on being compassionate with the eyes of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Have a blessed evening. Talk to you all soon. Amen.