Compassion in Relationship
Season of Compassion
Todd & Tiffany Blansit; Gary & Andrea Agness
December 5, 2021
Matthew 9:35-38
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.
36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
Compassion literally means to go through something together.
It’s so much easier to feel sorry for someone or a situation, it is much harder to be moved to compassion.
Compassion takes emotion, time, and effort. There will be a cost.
We are in a season where helping and doing life with people is at the forefront. But as followers of Jesus this should a lifestyle, not a seasonal decision.
Matthew 14:13-14
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.
14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
Just before this John the Baptist, who was a cousin of Jesus was beheaded, Jesus had emotions and was no doubt upset by this news. But it never stopped him from caring and showing compassion on the people he was called to serve.
How do we show compassion in our most prized relationship?
1 Thessalonians 5:6
6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. NIV
INFORMATION VS. INTIMACY.
Signs that there IS good intimacy in marriage:
1. Mutual respect.
2. You really TRUST each other.
3. Able to feel vulnerable together.
4. There is attraction.
5. You have safe, enjoyable, and fulfilling “TIME” together.
6. You WANT to get to KNOW each other.
7. You have some level of interdependence.
8. You feel like a TEAM.
Marriage can become a transactional partnership.
Revelation 3: 15-17 and vs 20
We believe there can be a connection between the level of intimacy between your heavenly father and how it flows into your relationship with your spouse.
Revelation 3: 15
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
HOT: You are all in – pursuing me. Knowing me. Intimate with me
COLD: Don’t want to go to church – rather stay home. Just doing life my way. Would not be confused as a Christian.
Middle Ground: Safe.
You are good at staying comfortable. Right in the middle. Just neutral. Go where the wind blows. Believe. Go to church when I can. Not against it.
16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
Revelation 3:20
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
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