From the book “Truth For Today: A Daily Touch of God’s Grace” by John F. MacArthur

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  -Romans 12:15

God wants you to be sensitive to the sorrows and difficulties of others. That’s compassion, which by definition goes even beyond the duty of empathizing and sympathizing with someone. It means to actually enter into the suffering of others.

God is a compassionate God (Deuteronomy 4:31), so much so that Scripture declares “His compassions fail not. They are new every morning” (Lamentations 3:22-23). The Son of God was genuinely compassionate, displaying the tenderheartedness of the Father as He wept with Mary and Martha at the grave of their brother Lazarus (John 11:35).

If you are a child of God, how can you do any less than reflect your Lord’s compassionate character? “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” (Colossians 3:12, NIV).

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Our devotion comes from the book:

Truth For Today: A Daily Touch of God’s Grace by John F. MacArthur

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