God is COMPASSIONATE

God's Big Story

The Village Church

Kids & Family

4.6 • 955 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Anna and Matt learn about compassion with help from their friend Nurse Amy. When Matt loses his pet goldfish, they talk about how God is Compassionate—He sees, cares, and acts when His children are in need. Through the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, kids discover that God shows His greatest compassion by sending Jesus to save sinners. What You’ll Learn: 💗 God is Compassionate: He sees, cares, and acts when His children are in need. 🩹 Jesus Shows Compassion: He wept with His friends and raised Lazarus from the dead. ✝️ The Greatest Compassion: God sent Jesus to save sinners and bring eternal life. 📖 Memory Verse: “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.” — Psalm 145:8 🎵 Song We Sing: “God Is Good” — a joyful song celebrating God’s goodness and love that endures forever. Try This at Home: 🗣️ Talk About It: As a family, name ways you’ve seen God’s compassion this week. 💌 Show Compassion: Write a card or do something kind for someone who’s sad, sick, or in need. 🙏 Pray Together: Thank God for His compassion and ask Him to help you care for others like Jesus does. Parents—want screen time that helps your kids grow in faith? With ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Minno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, they can! It’s the #1 Christian streaming app for kids—packed with shows like Young David, God’s Greenhouse, The Dead Sea Squirrels, and classics like VeggieTales—all ad-free. 👉 Get your one-month FREE trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoMinno.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with code STORY.

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0:00.0	Parents, want screen time that helps your kids grow in faith?
0:06.6	With Minnow, they can.
0:08.3	It's the number one Christian streaming app for kids.
0:11.6	Packed with shows like Young David, God's greenhouse, the Dead Sea Squirrels, and classics, like veggie tales, all ad-free.
0:19.8	Get your one-month free trial at go-mino.com with the code story.
0:25.6	That's g-o-m-I-N-O-N-O-com, code story, a podcast for kids.
0:51.6	Every week we teach the Bible, sing the Bible, and talk about what it means
0:55.6	with a friend or two. I'm your host, Anna, and I'm here with my co-host Matt. Hey, everybody. I'm Matt.
1:03.2	Matt? Is something wrong? Anna, I don't know that I'm up for the show today. I'm really sad.
1:11.0	Oh, no, you too look really sad.
1:14.4	What's wrong?
1:15.5	Well, you see, my family has this goldfish, Dory, for a few weeks now.
1:21.1	Every day when we all get home, we get to go see Dory, we take care of her, we feed her, we watch her swim around in her tank. Everyone loves
1:30.1	Dory. Wow, it sounds like Dory's a great fish. Did something happen to Dory? Yeah, a few nights
1:40.3	ago, when we all got home, we went to say hi to Dory like we always do. But sadly, Dory
1:46.4	wasn't acting herself. She was swimming slower and she didn't eat her fish food. So we changed
1:53.5	out her water. We tried to give her extra food. We moved her tank to a warmer spot in the house,
1:57.8	but sadly she didn't get any better. Oh, Matt, I'm so sorry. Is she still
2:04.6	sick? That's the saddest part. This morning, before coming here to the studio to record, Dory
2:12.1	died. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. That is really sad news.
2:19.2	You were compassionate to Dory.
2:21.5	You did your best to take care of her.
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