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01 21 2025 The Compassion of Jesus · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too
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  Speaker 1: much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy
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  Speaker 1: for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to
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  Speaker 1: keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words
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  Speaker 1: today and receive the power we need to live healthy,
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  Speaker 1: vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,
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  Speaker 1: 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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  Speaker 2: twenty one, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El
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  Speaker 2: David Harris. I am your host, and this is your
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  Speaker 2: Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,
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  Speaker 2: and today is no exception. We are continuing in our
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  Speaker 2: Lesson study series God's Love and Justice, and our caption
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  Speaker 2: for today is the Compassion of Jesus. The Compassion of Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get into that in just a moment, but first
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and pray and then we will get underway.
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  Speaker 2: Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us this day
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  Speaker 2: and for the opportunity that you have entrusted to us
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  Speaker 2: to serve you and to do your will. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: for showing us compassion. Please teach us to be compassionate
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  Speaker 2: in Jesus name, I pray, Amen and Amen again. So
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  Speaker 2: we are going to define define compassion. Okay, defining compassion
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  Speaker 2: and the normal dictionary, like everyday dictionary, says that compassion
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  Speaker 2: is sympathetic pity, having even gotten into a theological discussion
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  Speaker 2: of this sympathy or a sympathetic pity and concern for
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  Speaker 2: the sufferings or misfortunes of others. And then here is
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  Speaker 2: a sentence the victims should be treated with compassion, okay,
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  Speaker 2: and so are we having sympathetic pity for people who
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  Speaker 2: are going through some things today? That's the question. Really,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus has compassion, He is compassionate. Maybe that's the better
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  Speaker 2: way of saying it. But am I compassionate when I
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  Speaker 2: see people who have needs that I may take for granted?
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  Speaker 2: Am I compassionate toward them? When there are people who
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  Speaker 2: are having challenges in their relationships, spousal relationships, their relationships
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  Speaker 2: with their children, relationships at work, or if you are
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  Speaker 2: an influencer or somehow you are a notable person that
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  Speaker 2: people would recognize if you were walking on the street
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  Speaker 2: and you just feel like I can't I can't have
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  Speaker 2: a private moment because cameras are always in my face.
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  Speaker 2: Am I compassionate toward you? And that is a question
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  Speaker 2: for all of us, because Jesus is compassionate. And so
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  Speaker 2: from page sixty two in our Companion Guide. In our
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  Speaker 2: Companion Guide, we're going to apply the professional application. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to use the professional application. W we're spelling when
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  Speaker 2: it's an acronym. Okay, what is important now? In the workplace,
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  Speaker 2: embodying Jesus's compassion can create a more supportive and understanding
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  Speaker 2: environment like have you ever been in a situation where
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  Speaker 2: you felt like the people at work didn't care about you,
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  Speaker 2: even sometimes the people who supervise you. Let me continue
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  Speaker 2: showing empathy towards colleagues and times of stress or difficulty
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  Speaker 2: can foster a positive atmosphere. And now we're going to
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  Speaker 2: go to the end. We'll skip the eye today. You
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  Speaker 2: can go in your guide and pick it up there
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  Speaker 2: the end. Be intentional this week about showing compassion in
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  Speaker 2: your professional interactions, whether it's offering a listening ear, helping
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  Speaker 2: with a project, or simply expressing appreciation. Let your actions
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  Speaker 2: reflect the compassionate love of Jesus. I hope you're getting this.
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  Speaker 2: And so we're going to go ahead and jump in
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  Speaker 2: to the Bible book of Luke Luke ten and read
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  Speaker 2: one of the situations where we see the compassion of
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  Speaker 2: Jesus and Jesus answering. Verse thirty said a certain man
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  Speaker 2: went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves,
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  Speaker 2: which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed,
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  Speaker 2: leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down
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  Speaker 2: a certain priest. See, these are people who are supposed
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  Speaker 2: to be compassionate in this case not so much. And
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  Speaker 2: when he saw him, he passed on the other side.
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  Speaker 2: And likewise a levite, Oh, these are God's people that
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  Speaker 2: should be compassionate. But in this case, ah, not so much.
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  Speaker 2: When he was in the place, came and looked on
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  Speaker 2: him and passed on the other side. But a certain Samaritan,
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  Speaker 2: these are the people that you would least likely have
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  Speaker 2: expected would be of service. But the Samaritan, I think
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  Speaker 2: some people call it the good Samaritan sometimes, huh. But
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  Speaker 2: a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was,
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  Speaker 2: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
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  Speaker 2: And then the Bible says that this Samaritan in air quotes,
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  Speaker 2: actually provided for this man and his care. You understand.
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  Speaker 2: So compassion is active, compassionate love is active. It doesn't
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  Speaker 2: say it is inconvenient for me to help you. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't find out what is the most or the easiest
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  Speaker 2: way to be of service to someone. It says, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter what it will cost me. Huh, it doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 2: I have to find a way to be of service.
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  Speaker 2: Is it going to cost me time, is it going
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  Speaker 2: to cost me money? Well, I need to reach out
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  Speaker 2: to other people. To assist. Is it something that I
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  Speaker 2: can just give a listening ear? And there are a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people who want to be heard, which is
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  Speaker 2: why you hear all kinds of foolishness on the internet
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  Speaker 2: these days and in the news cycle, because people just
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  Speaker 2: really want to be heard, and when they're not being heard,
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  Speaker 2: they moved to destructive behaviors, many times just to jump
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  Speaker 2: up and down and say I need somebody to listen
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  Speaker 2: to me. Jesus was compassionate, and there are so many
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  Speaker 2: other examples in the scriptures. One in Matthew, chapter nine
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  Speaker 2: and verse thirty six, the Bible says, but when he
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  Speaker 2: saw Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
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  Speaker 2: on them because they faked and were scattered abroad as
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  Speaker 2: sheep having no shepherd. You see, the compassionate love of
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  Speaker 2: God is moved when he sees that there are people
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  Speaker 2: who need to give our lives to God and don't
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  Speaker 2: know how. When we're bound to certain sin habits, we're
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  Speaker 2: bound in certain relationships, we're bound in the mindset that
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  Speaker 2: says that I am serving money because I'm money focused
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  Speaker 2: and money oriented. It is compassion, compassionate love that God
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  Speaker 2: pours out on us when he gives us the mindset
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus. Paul said it, let this mind be in you,
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  Speaker 2: which was also in Christ Jesus. And then he taught
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  Speaker 2: us what humility was like. He taught us what service
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  Speaker 2: was like, He taught us what love was like. Etc.
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  Speaker 2: And So when Jesus sees these multitudes of people that
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  Speaker 2: you work with, people with whom you live, people you
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  Speaker 2: see as you travel on the roads, these individuals, he
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  Speaker 2: has moved with compassion because he realizes these folks are
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  Speaker 2: all over the place and don't know how to connect
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  Speaker 2: with God. Can you become an arm or foot, a leg,
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  Speaker 2: a hand to the people, hand of God to the people,
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  Speaker 2: so that with his compassionate love, you can provide something
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  Speaker 2: that will lead them closer to him. That's a question.
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  Speaker 2: And then the Bible says, here, let me just say
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  Speaker 2: in Matthew chapter fourteen and verse fourteen, and Jesus went
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  Speaker 2: forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with
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  Speaker 2: compassion toward them. What did he do as a result,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible says, and he healed their sick. So if
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  Speaker 2: we don't get anything else today, we need to get
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  Speaker 2: this that when we have the kind of compassionate love
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  Speaker 2: that Jesus has that brand of it. Then we are
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  Speaker 2: moved to action. We're not just moved to feeling. We
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  Speaker 2: are moved to action, and we say, God, I see
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  Speaker 2: this need, I am feeling compassionate toward person or person's
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  Speaker 2: ex What would you have me to do? And then
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  Speaker 2: we become the conduit through which Jesus himself is acting
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  Speaker 2: on the behalf of those that we are compassionate over.
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  Speaker 2: 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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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,