Colossians 3:12-17 oiktirmós – compassion (pity), i.e. deep feeling about someone’s difficulty or misfortune
Psalm 116:5 Psalm 145: 9 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
We are meant to be moved with compassion. Matthew 9:35-36 Matthew 14:13-14 Matthew 15:29-39 Matthew 20:29-34
We’re meant to be motivated by compassion. James 1:27 James 2:14-17
Question 1 : In what are ways you are moved by compassion?
Question 2: What are you doing about it?
Proverbs 24:10-13
“Compassion can’t be measured in dollars and cents. It does come with a price tag, but that price tag isn’t the amount of money spent. The price tag is love.” ~ J. C. Watts Jr.
Integrity: (1) the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
Integrity is one of several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path and the only one on which you will never get lost. ~ M.H. McKee
Integrity: (2) the state of being whole and undivided.
Daniel 6:4-5
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Psalm 44:21
Job 34:21
Pic : I saw that. ~God
Pic: Seriously, did you think I wouldn’t notice? ~God
God sees everything, and He has a very good memory! ~Unknown
Integrity Keeps me Secure
Integrity Guides Me
Integrity Vindicates Me
Integrity is Really an Issue of the Heart
Psalm 26:2
Psalm 139:24-25
Are you willing to let God reveal your faults?
Matthew 21:28-32 NLT I should obey God even when I don’t want to.
Matthew 21:23-46 NLT “Obey” means to comply with a command, direction, or request; to submit to authority. I should obey God even when I don’t want to. Psalm 119:1-8
God loves everyone. (But he doesn’t love everyone the same.)
God has a providential love for his creation. Matthew 5:45 God has a redemptive love for his fallen world. John 3:16 “God loves the great totality of fallen human beings. All of them.” ~John Piper Romans 5:8 God has a preferential love toward his chosen people. Malachi 1:2-3 Romans 9:10-13 God has a conditional love toward his faithful ones. John 15:9-10
Countering Objections to the statement God Loves Everyone…
If God loves EVERYONE, we ought to love EVERYONE, too.
Because God loves us, there are some things we can be sure of:
His love will keep us from condemnation. John 3:16 His love will uphold us in upheaval. Isaiah 54:10 NIV His love will calm us in chaos. Zephaniah 3:17 NLT His love will deliver us from despair. Psalm 109:21 His love will bring us hope in our hurting. Romans 5:5 His love will reveal our reward. Ephesians 2:4-7
If God loves us, then we’ve got to love us, too. John 13:34-35
Prayer Areas:
How have I wounded a brother or sister in Christ? Who do I need to forgive for wounding me?
Reasons we might struggle to know/believe God loves us:
We love with expectations. We play the comparison game. We trust our feelings more than than we should. We don’t see the wisdom in God’s will. We become our own worst enemy.
John 17:20-23 God loves me just as He loves Jesus Romans 8:38-39 nothing can keep me from God’s love.
God loves me just as He loves Jesus, and nothing can keep me from God’s love. Not even ME.
