Living Compassionately
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
As we begin to wrap up our week on being used by God, today we’ll explore what it means to live compassionately. This radical way of living will transform the people around you and expose them to the beautiful nature of Jesus. After we experience his great compassion for us, may we have no choice but to mimic that with others.
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| 0:00.0 | As we begin to wrap up our week on being used by God, today we'll explore what it means to live compassionately. |
| 0:12.0 | This radical way of living will transform the people around you and expose them to the beautiful nature of Jesus. |
| 0:24.9 | After we experience his great compassion for us, |
| 0:29.0 | may we have no choice but to mimic that with others. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to the First 15 podcast. I'm I'm I'm The Our scripture for today comes from Ephesians chapter 4 verse 32. |
| 1:09.0 | Scripture says, be kind to one another, |
| 1:14.0 | tender-hearted, |
| 1:15.7 | forgiving one another |
| 1:17.0 | as God and Christ |
| 1:19.0 | forgave you. |
| 1:23.2 | One of the most impactful ways |
| 1:25.7 | we can share God's heart with others is by living compassionately. |
| 1:31.4 | To show compassion is to step outside of yourself and love another in times of weakness. |
| 1:39.1 | And to live compassionately is to posture your heart continually toward giving grace and love to those who need it most. |
| 1:49.4 | Very little stirs my heart to God more than compassion. When someone sees me in my imperfection |
| 1:57.6 | and chooses to love me rather than cast me aside. My affection for them and God |
| 2:05.0 | is automatically stirred. Oftentimes, the world is too busy or self-focused to show compassion. |
| 2:14.7 | We get too caught up in our plans, our needs, and our image to see the hurting |
| 2:21.2 | and share God's heart. But God is calling us to a life lived humbly and sacrificially. |
| 2:31.4 | Philippians 2.4 says, let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. |
| 2:41.5 | The world is in desperate need of compassion. |
| 2:46.1 | People need mercy and grace when they fail, show weakness, or are experiencing hard times. |
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