Pastor Helen Price Podcast 41-Diversities (Differences) of operations-The Compassion of God!

Basic Training in Spiritual Warfare

Glory to God! We welcome you to Podcast 41 of Setting the Standard of God’s Excellence in our lives. My name is Pastor Helen Price. As we begin today’s podcast I pray that God’s grace, mercy and compassion will abound greatly on behalf of you and your loved ones and that God Himself this day will meet you and yours at the point of your need, whatever that need might be. In the last few podcasts our key verse of study has been 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 where we are exhorted to remember that The Precious Holy Spirit can and will move in many different ways to meet the healing and spiritual needs of the people of God. Today we want to focus and build our faith in the compassion and mercy of God! Psalm 145:8-9 says The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works. In the Old & New Testament the Hebrew & Greek word for compassion is the same word used for mercy. So when we read about the mercy of God, it is talking about the compassion of God. It is very important that we get a good understanding of the mercy and compassion of God and of His willingness to move on our behalf, then we will not hesitate to do what Hebrews 4:16 says, we will come boldly to God’s throne of Grace to obtain mercy and compassion first and then find the grace to help in time of need. We saw previously in Luke 7:12-13 when Jesus came upon the funeral of a widow’s only son, the word of God says that He had compassion on the widow and raised her son from the dead. Then in Matthew 9:36 When Jesus saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted and were helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. In Matthew 14:14 Again When Jesus saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick. In Matthew 20:34 Two blind men cried out to Jesus, He had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed Him. In Mark 1:40-41 A man with leprosy came to Jesus and begged Him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Again Jesus was moved with compassion and reached out His hand and touched the man. He told him "I am willing," "Be clean!" And the leper was healed immediately. In Mark 6:34 When Jesus came and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Because of His compassion, His mercy, He began teaching them many things. In Mark 8:2 Jesus said “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: ” It was here because of His compassion, that He miraculously fed the multitude. In Mark 10:46-52 Blind Bartemaeus is famously known as one who persistently cried out “Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” The people around him told Bartemaeus to shut up, to hold his peace but he continued to cry out “Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” Jesus stood still, called Bartemaeus to Him and asked him what did he want. He told Jesus he wanted to see. Jesus said unto him, “Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.” We see that because of the mercy and compassion of God, He meets the healing and spiritual needs of His people. How great is that?! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pastorhelenprice/support