Cold Springs Church
Stronger Through Compassion
What do we see when we look at the world around us?
How do we respond to the needs of the people around us?
Fear builds barriers builds barriers between us and the people around us.
Fear callouses us toward the need of the people around us.
Compassion with Action
“We see, are moved by, and respond to the needs of others with love as the hands and feet of Jesus.”
1 John 4:7-8 ESV
God is Love.
We were made in the image of God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - we are made to love like God does!
What does that look like?
1 John 4:9-12 ESV
God’s love is revealed to us
Jesus is all about Compassion with Action
How can I see people through the eyes of Jesus?
1 John 4:13-17 ESV
The Spirit brings us new life and allows us to see with new eyes, and personally brings the love of God into our hearts.
1 John 4:18-21 ESV
Fear turns our eyes in on ourselves - Perfect love casts out fear.
Love turns our gaze outward, it lifts our heads.
Our love is a response to the love that God pours out on us in Jesus Christ and by the Holy Spirit.
Compassion with Action: It’s how we were made to live.
Getting Stronger: Working out our Compassion Muscles
Check yourself:
1. Am I seeing the needs of the people around me and are they moving my heart to compassion?
2. How am I responding to those needs?
3. Where can I create some space to reflect on the love that God has for me and the grace I have been given so that I can live out of the overflow of my response to God’s love?
4. How am I responding to the compassion that other people show toward me? Do I need to open myself up more to that?