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Thank you for listening to your daily prayer.

Thank you for listening to your daily prayer, a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you need to connect with your Father in heaven.

No matter what is going on in your life today, you can trust that

God wants to hear from you. Right after the short word from our sponsor, we

will pray through today's prayer on showing compassion together. A prayer to show compassion, written by Laura Bailey, read by Laura Bailey.

Therefore, as God's chosen people, wholly and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness,

humility, gentleness, and patience,

Colaptions 3, 12, N.I.

On Wednesday nights, we've been studying Ed Welch's book,

Caring for others. Welch's book caring for others.

Welch's eight principles aren't innovative, particularly unique,

or things that we as churchgoers don't already know.

Yet, at our last meeting we unanimously agreed that this

was the most influential book we studied that year. Welch took the time to

define and breathe life into words, phrases, and pleasantries we are

familiar with but don't truly grasp their meaning.

I began thinking about how often I read verses in scripture, my eyes

dancing from line to line, moving quickly through the text. I understand most of the text at a surface level, but rarely linger on the word

choice or phrases within the verses. A few years ago a Bible teacher encouraged us to look up words in familiar text, not only

their definition, but their antonymms and synonyms.

By doing so, we might be surprised how they change our understanding

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