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- Colossians 3:12 – “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
As God’s chosen people, we are called to wear compassion like a garment, allowing it to influence how we see others and how we respond to their needs. Compassion is not mere sympathy; it is being prompt to show genuine concern to someone in need. It expresses itself in mercy, kindness, meekness and longsuffering.
It is taking the time to recognize a weary mother struggling to cater for her children and offering a helping hand, noticing the colleague weighed down with stress and taking a moment to listen, or reaching out to a church member who has been absent and might be silently battling discouragement. Just as God showers us daily with mercy and grace, He calls us to act the same way toward those around us.
Jesus consistently showed compassion everywhere He went. He wept over Jerusalem when he saw their spiritual state, was moved with compassion for the multitudes that followed him, and paused to teach, heal and feed them (Matt 14:13-21). Compassion shifts our focus from ourselves to others. It helps us bear one another’s burdens and respond to others in humility and meekness.
Today, choose to show compassion. Be quick to understand and slow to judge. Ask the Holy Ghost to help you see the needs around you He wants you to handle. As you obey His leading, may His blessings overflow in your life in Jesus name, Amen.
STARTUP PRAYER
Father, in the name of Jesus. I thank You for showing me mercy. Help me to see others the way You do and to respond to their needs with Love and humility.
PRAYER FOR A NATION
CYPRUS
Cyprus has struggled to achieve stability since gaining independence from Britain in 1960. A 1974 Turkish invasion and occupation of the north has divided the island, creating 230,000 refugees. The island remains divided, with the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus having separate governments. Negotiations for reunification have been ongoing since 2008, but progress is slow. Cyprus is struggling with severe economic challenges, with heavy exposure to bad foreign debt and a declining tourism industry. The country also struggles with negative prejudices against Evangelical and Protestant churches.
PRAYER FOR THE NATION
Father, in the name of Jesus, strengthen the economy of Cyprus, that it may recover from debt and thrive.
PRAYER FOR THE LEADERS
Father, in the name of Jesus, we ask that You fill the leaders of this nation with a passion for growth and development, that they may enact laws that will cause a breakthrough to their economy
PRAYER FOR ISRAEL
Father, we come against every plan of the enemy to make Israel a reproach. Israel prevails over her enemies in Jesus name.
PRAYER FOR UNITY IN THE CHURCH
Father in the name of Jesus, we ask that You bind church leaders and believers together in love, that no seed of disunity may be able to grow in them.
PRAYER FOR SOULS / REVIVAL
Father, in the name of Jesus, we pull down every veil of darkness placed over unbelievers, that they may be saved.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH OUR ONE YEAR BIBLE STUDY! HERE ARE TODAY’S CHAPTERS:
2 Samuel 14 & 15
Psalm 141
1 Corinthians 8
