Posts tagged ‘compassion’
What is Your WHY?
If we are not careful, we believers can easily become legalistic in our approach to living for God. I’ve attended churches in the past who were right on doctrinally. I could go down the list and go, “Yep, yep, yes, that’s right” etc., but in numerous cases, the people themselves were somewhat cold, legalistic in their approach to service and to God. Why? I believe it’s because they failed to recognize the connection between having a heart of flesh (created by God), which more naturally prompts a person to live accordingly versus doing things with little to no desire but doing them because you should. There is a world of difference between these two things.
Continue Reading February 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM Leave a comment
Jesus Shows Us How NOT to Retaliate
Jesus actually rebuked His disciples for wanting to destroy the Samaritans. Jesus was living the example of His own preaching from the Sermon on the Mount. He also seemed to understand this rejection by the people of Samaria as the Father’s will for Him and used the situation as a sort of compass to determine what His next step was going to be. The text tells us He and His disciples simply went to another village.
