Daily Devotions: Compassion

NEIGHBORS

[God] has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. —Luke 1:51-53

A CHILD OF GOD

Now [Jesus] was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one that had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. —Luke 11:14-15

AN OPEN HEART

The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.— Luke 6:45

THE HUMAN FAMILY

There was a rich man, who was clothed in fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. —Luke 16:19-21a

MERCY

I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy. —Psalm 31:7

SHARING THIS LIFE

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? —Isaiah 58:7

THE STORY OF ANOTHER

Then the lame shall leap like a deer. —Isaiah 35:6a

BLESSING GOD

Blessed be the Lord GOD. —Psalm 72:18