**AUTOMATED TRANSCRIPTION** Good morning, Springhouse. Good morning, those that watch online. It's good

to have you with us. Michael, if you'll just stay right there for a little

bit. Did this in the 1st gathering. Why does he always cry?

Anybody

going through anything? Anybody been sick lately? Anything

weighing heavy on your minds? Work

situations, relationships? I know just today, I've

heard that there's gonna be somebody that has to have a hip replacement. I've heard

that somebody is, sitting in the hospital.

In fact, I went and saw them. They're in ICU room

12 with ketoacidosis, something along

that line. I just know that there is stuff

there is stuff going on in people's lives.

But aren't we glad that we have a father?

Aren't we glad that we have a savior that is touched by our

infirmities? And he knows what it is that we go

through, and he's moved with compassion toward us. And he seeks compassion toward us.

And he seeks to answer our prayers. I

got turned on to Oswald Chambers about 16 years ago, and I've

I

read

But I read something again February of this

year at the beginning, and it's been hounding me for the last

10 days, and I just wanna share that with you.

Because sometimes, I don't know about you, but when I pray, I start asking

God for answers. And

that's not the key to prayer. Whenever the

insistence is on the point that God answers prayer, we are off track.

This is February 7th. The meaning of prayer is

that we get hold of God, not the

answer. Because here's the deal. Too many

times we seek the answer versus the giver of the answer.

He knows what's best for us. He knows the

timing that it needs to take place. He knows the way and the method it

needs to take place. But the most important thing is

not the answer we seek is the giver. We

get 2 let me rephrase that. Maybe y'all got this down.

I get too caught up looking for his hand

than his face. When the

the answer is this, if I'll seek his face,

I'll receive the rest of it because then he's gonna freely give. So if

that's you this morning and you're in something, I don't

know what it is, but if you're in something, will you just yield?

Will you yield this morning? Raise your hands. Father God,

we come to you because you are a good

God. And we don't understand the depth of the meaning of that word good,

but you are a good God. And your

word says you watch over it to perform it in

our lives, lord. So today, God, we come

broken. We come in despair. We come hopeless. We come

tainted and tattered and torn and dirty and filthy in our

righteousness, God. But we seek your face.

Give us the spirit of Mary that we would sit at your feet,

God, and not look for

your hands, but we'd look for your presence

because in your presence is a fullness of joy.

God, and when we draw close to you, you draw close to us, and

you buoy us up, and you hold us up in your right hand, God.

Hear the cry of your people today. In Jesus'

name. Amen. Amen.

Today's gonna be a little different.

So much that I don't have a lot to pray. But yesterday, the bikers I

work with had a chili cook off. And it's bad when the

pastor is the Ghost one at the bar, isn't it? I beat all the bikers

to the bar yesterday. I was the 1st one in the well, not the Ghost

one, the bartender and her helper. But I was the Ghost one. I'm knocking on

the door. It was locked. And I said, hey. Where's everybody at? So I beat

them to the bar. I had 9 shots of chili,

little 2 ounce cups of chili because we

had 8 different pots. You know what? A cup of chill

or a a shot of chili is okay, but when you got 8 different ones,

some of them were Ghost, And some of them were not,

but they were they were chilly.

And then you could buy a flight. You could buy 4 bowls for

$10. And so I had 4 bowls of chili,

4 cans of diet dew because I've thank God I've changed from

sun drop to diet dew. There's 0 calories in dew. So I got them to

make that conversion for me. But then like a

dummy, I said, hey. Bring me some of them creakle cut fries, and

I'll make chili cheese fries. And I thought it was gonna

hit me last night, but it hadn't hit yet. So be warned today.

For the person that told me this morning that I'm channeling my inner Patrick

Mahomes with my, thing because he I'm

no. And for the person that was older, and this

is for people 50 and older, it said I look like Robert Tilton because

of my haircut. Honey, I need a haircut, Wednesday. I want it spiky again.

If you're from the old generation, name it, claim it, and the televangelist.

Somebody said I had a Robert Tilton haircut, so I don't know

about that. 2 quick things. We had

we've got 37 people signed up to go to Mexico.

If you are praying about this, you need to see

me ASAP because I'm gonna have to cut it off at 50. So,

wow, Alvin. You're gonna have to cut a missions trip to 50. Who knew? But

God has put the people. So if you're interested, see me soon. And

then next Sunday, we'll talk about, Ghost responders. So that's right

after service. If you hadn't registered, come on anyway, and we'll talk about

that. So all that being done, hallelujah.

Oh, we'll still get out of here by 12:40 or 11:45.

I'm not making a promise. If you would, let's stand and read the

word today. Hey. They fixed me. Thank you.

As pastor Kevin and miss Vonda says with gusto.

Alright. Praise be to the God and father of our

lord Jesus Christ, the father of compassion

and the God of all comfort who comforts us

in all our troubles so that we can comfort

those in any trouble with the comfort we

ourselves receive from God. In Colossians,

therefore, as God's chosen people,

holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves

with compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other

and forgive one another if any of you has a

grievance against someone. Forgive as the lord

forgave you. Father, thank you that you are

the God of compassion. And, lord, once more,

your son modeled that out for us. So today, lord, we ask you

to pour into our spirit. Let your word remain. Let my

foolishness go away. And, lord, teach us your

ways today in Christ's name. Amen. You may be seated.

So So if you're looking for slides today, that was your 2. That's all you

get today. No clicker. Boy, I'm not don't tell

pastor Kevin. Don't tell pastor Ronnie. But boy, I feel so liberated. Y'all

better watch out. I don't have to worry about half of my time whenever I

get to speak. I'm worried about it in my click, and y'all ain't gotta worry

about that today. Now you just gotta worry about if I can scroll and read.

Help him, lord. Listen.

We serve a God who is full of compassion. From

the very beginning with Adam and Eve when they fell prey to sin in the

garden, to the Hebrew children who were captive in Egypt. And

God it says the word said he heard their cries and was

moved. And he brought a deliverer through Moses all the way to

Jesus hanging on the cross and bearing the sin of humanity,

though he was blameless and perfect because of

the compassion and the obedience he had to his father. All through

scripture, we see the compassion of God bleeding

through. Now

listen. That being said, we all should

know that God compassion, like

his grace, is something we can't earn.

It's it's something that he chooses to give to

us. And if that's the case, Alan, in your filthiness,

when you receive the compassion of God, it should

be easy for me to be able to give compassion

to somebody else. No matter what it is, it should be.

But yet, somehow I seem to put

conditions and qualifications and

requirements on the amount of compassion that I give to somebody.

It's easy to be compassionate toward Renee.

35 years this May. Hallelujah. She's put up

with me. God bless her.

Pray, it's easy to give compassion to my

children because I love my kiddos. 30 and

25. I love my kids. It's easy to be compassionate with them.

I'll be honest with you. It's pretty easy to be compassionate with most of you.

That was supposed to be a laughter. In my notes, I've

got a bracket. Maybe they'll laugh. So we'll no. I'm

kidding. He's preaching. He's

talking. But there are so many times

where I will put a distinction or a

qualification on whether I truly am compassionate

to somebody. See, in in this, pastor Barbee

gave me a great word between services, and I wanna share it now before I

lose it. There is a difference between sympathy,

empathy, and compassion. And the

difference is this, I can empathize with

somebody in a time of sorrow or struggle. I can be

sympathetic towards somebody in a a a difficult

situation. But compassion requires

an action on my part. Yes.

Empathy is a feeling. Sympathy is a thought.

But genuine compassion requires

an action on my part. And we see all through scripture

lord, I don't know. Boy, help me stay with notes somehow. We see

all through scripture that God the

father when moved with compassion created a reaction.

The word or phrase compassion happens 43 times in

scripture. 22 in the Old Testament, 21 in the New.

Specifically that phrase. But there are near I got exhausted trying

to look them all up of phrases like feels

like, or moved with, or stirred within. There are so

many passages littered throughout the scriptures of God the

father and Jesus Christ and others, his

disciples, reflecting that compassion.

Now here's the thing. We

say we words are tricky, aren't they? I remember how many years

ago, Justin? 5, 6 years ago he preached about words are

hard. We just use so many words in our

vocabulary. Sometimes we really forget

the true meaning or the depth that's contained in a word. So

I had to look up the word compassion because Allen thought with his big 12th

grade education that he knew what it meant.

And I wanna jump back to some scripture.

The Hebrew word that is most often

connected with the word we translate as compassion,

It it it comes from a derivative of root word that means

and we'll read it to you so I get it right. A word related

to a mother's womb. Suggesting the depth

of God's compassion for us is likened

to a mother's care for her child within a

womb. Now I've never given birth. I went like I'm

about 7 months prayer. But but I've never gone through that process.

But I've watched my wife and I've seen other women that have. And

here's what I know. There is something

about that life within that womb for that mother.

That there is just a connection on such a deep

guttural level. And when that that life is growing within

that womb, and they start to feel that baby move. And when

they're speaking and that baby responds within that womb,

there is such a depth in connection to that

child that that mother has. That when that

child is born, no matter how excruciating, no matter how

painful childbirth may be, when that child is put

in that mother's arm and she puts it to the bosom.

That mother would fight through heaven and hell to protect that child

from any pain or injury that it could ever she would do

anything she could to take away any pain or suffering that child

may ever endure. That is

what compassion is from the father God. That is how he

feels about humanity. And there are so many Holy testament

scriptures that bear that witness. Let me give you just a few.

The psalmist have several. Psalm

103 is a father has compassion on his children. So the

Lord has compassion on those who revere him. Psalm

86. But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,

slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Isaiah

3018. Yet the Lord longs to be gracious. He

yearns. He earnestly desires to be gracious to you.

Therefore, he will rise up to show you compassion. For

the lord is a God of justice, and blessed are those

who wait for him. Too many times, we don't have the patience

to wait on God in our situation to allow

him to come through with his compassion.

Nehemiah 9. I'm I'm not

real edumacated with grammar. The word before

is an adverb or an adjective, whatever it describes something.

It says, have mercy on me, oh God, according to your unfailing love,

according to your great we just read right through that pray compassion.

Do you know what that word great means right there?

According to your huge, ample, elaborate,

remarkable, grand, superior. That kind of

passion, God the father has for us,

that he would blot out our iniquities. Lamentations,

we don't like to spend time there, but there is such a great

person there. Lamentations 322 says, because

of the lord's great, use all those definitions, love,

we're not consumed for his compassions never

fail. Never fail. God's

compassions never lose strength. They never fall short. They never

fade away. They never stop functioning. They never become

deficient or disappoint in our

expectation.

Hell you've lived through. It don't matter what life you're in. It It don't matter

what hell you've lived through. It don't matter what life you're in. It don't matter

what hardship you're going through. When you rise up in the morning, God

compassion is there waiting for you.

New every morning. I don't know I don't know about you, but I've

used up my grace

and compassion with some people in this life.

I've burnt bridges. And that

ran out in those relationships but God's compassion

never fail. They'll never fail.

Well, those are old testament, preacher. What about the new

testament? What about Jesus? What about

Jesus? Hebrews 1.

Long ago, God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and

in different ways. In these last days, he has

spoken to us by his son, whom he has

appointed heir of all things, and through him, he made the

universe. He, Jesus, is the radiance of God's

glory, the exact expression

of his nature, And he sustains all

things by his powerful word. John

recounts the, occurrence with the disciples, and he's telling

them that that he and the father are 1. Those who see the father see

me. And Philip says, when have we seen the father?

And Jesus says, have I been with you not long enough?

When you see me, you've seen the father. For the

father is in me and I am in him. We are

one. Which means that Jesus carried

out in the flesh the exact compassion that God

the father carried out through the old history scriptures. He was the

physical. What and listen, if God if

God never sent him, his compassion as a

godly father in heaven is enough. But he cared

about us enough that he sent his son that we might

touch him. That he could touch us in our

infirmities. To know what it's like to be human on this

earth. And in that part of Christ manifest

in our life, his compassion

is so deep. And it cuts to the quick.

There's so many passages in the New Testament. I put a few of them together.

Come on, Spirit. Here we go.

Before I go there, I wanna tell you this. We were talking about the word.

The Holy Testament word, the New Testament word in the Greek is too

many letters, has a g h, a k, and an I and all those, so

I'm not even gonna try. But here's what it

means. It means a stirring of the inward

parts. Usually, literally, the twisting of the

intestines. Have you ever encountered somebody or been in a situation

that it just gripped you inside, almost doubled you

over because you felt the anguish of their

their pain, the the situation they were in. That's the

Greek word for compassion. So that changes the

whole outlook when we start thinking about we read

so many times we just read through, and I challenge you. Listen. The 5 for

5, I'm doing it with you. But sometimes we read it just to check it

off and mark the little box and put the date by. Hey. Don't just do

it for that. Read it. Take time and read it

again, and look at words and understand words

preparing for this when I have studied and read the word compassion, now

that I understand that that depth of it from the father

like a mother has for her child in the womb, in the inward

twisting of the intestines, in that guttural thing. It's giving me a

whole different look. Jesus said in Matthew 9 and Mark 6, it

says, Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages teaching in their

synagogues, proclaiming the gospel to the kingdom, and

healing every disease and affliction. When

he saw the crowds, he had compassion

because they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 15 in Mark 8 says, Jesus called the disciples to him. I have

compassion on the crowd because they've been with me now 3 days and have

nothing to eat. And I'm unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they

faint on the way. He cares about our physical needs.

The healing of the 2 blind men, they were sitting out, son of David have

mercy on us. And everybody said, shut up. Leave the

rabbi alone. And they cried out even louder, have mercy.

And it said, Jesus looked at them with compassion

and he healed them. And immediately they began to

see the leper.

Spirit what will I do for you? And he said, if you will, you

can make me clean. And Jesus was moved

with compassion. And he didn't just speak

it. He touched him. He

made him clean. Sometimes we just need

to feel him touch us. And you know what? That's hard to do

now because he is now seated at the right hand of the

father. So do you know how he touches us now?

With us. With each other. We

are now the hands and feet of Christ. We are the ones that are called

to be moved with that guttural deep level of

compassion that requires an action on our part. And

then when we are moved like Christ was moved

and we church somebody, I'm praying for you, man. I

know it's hard. I'm praying for you, sister. I know

it's difficult to grieve the loss of a loved one. When we

do that action, we become

the hands and feet of Christ's compassion

in this world. 2 of my

favorites

the stories of his compassion.

Many of us know this story. It's John 11. Pastor

Jonathan did amazing teaching in the 12 of couple of weeks

ago. So if you have the capacity, go look it up online and watch it.

Because he prayer some things that I I've seen it twice now. Once in

person and 2 in my office. But he prayer something that I really didn't

think about. And he was talking about when he's talking about Jesus was

coming and they were traveling back Ghost, technically, there's 2 different Bethanies in

the Bible. And so he was coming to where and

he said, Mary and Martha and

Lazarus lived. And he named the place and he names

names because Jesus was making a connection

that this is not just somebody. He knew

them. He had relationship. They were important to

him in life. And so he was moved. And

we think, well, he waited and he delayed 2 days. And then by the time

he gets there, he's dead. Why didn't he move quicker? Because his

ways are not our ways. His thoughts and ideas are

higher than ours. And there was a purpose because when he

came, not only was he gonna raise Lazarus back in life,

but it was that he might glorify the father.

And those that would see would recognize.

Sometimes we go through things in our life

that is not about us. I sat in an ICU room for

14 days 2 years ago, and I am certain in my mind

it had nothing to do with me. But it was so that I could minister

to 23 different nurses, doctors, and technicians in that 14

days to show them the love of God while I was laid up in that

bed. It was because there were countless numbers of you that were

praying for me that maybe Ghost stirred your faith to reach

out on somebody else's behalf.

And all that was that God would be glorified through it.

So we see Jesus. He shows up. And Martha comes

running in tears. And it says there were Jews around and they were

crying. And then we get these words that says, Jesus

was moved in his spirit and

groaned. The

grief and the compassion of God. And then we

know, spoilers, pastor Jonathan said, you raised him from the

dead. And then there's another

story that I love in Luke 7. I've heard it before as a child, and

I've heard it taught different times. But it says, Jesus, see it

if you will. Forget these comfy chairs in the air

condition. We're in Jerusalem

and we're walking with the master and the disciples and

the people that are walking around him. And Jesus

sees a funeral possession. It made me

think about Alice Taber this

week. I was ready to went home to be with the Lord this past

sun Saturday, Sunday morning.

It says that after he was on his way to a town called

Nain, his disciples and a large crowd were traveling with him.

And just as he neared the gate of the town, a

dead man was being carried out. You know what I love

about the state of Tennessee? That when we see

funerals, we pull over.

And you know, I know I get in my flesh and it makes me so

upset when I see people pass by.

Listen, I've been on the way to somewhere, and

I've been late because of it. But I pull over

and I put my lights on and I sit there because

somebody in a hearse, somebody in the car behind the hearse,

and people in those numerous cars behind it are

grieving the loss of a mother, a father, a son, a a

loved one, a coworker. And for just

that moment, as simple as pulling over and put my lights on,

it renders an action of concern.

I've been in those lines and seen the

cars pulled over and I felt, man.

So imagine Jesus is walking through the crowd, and they're he's

going, hey. If you've tried to leave a ballgame somewhere and there's thousands of

people, if you're trying to go that way and the crowd's going this way, you're

just gonna walk all the way around till you get over there because you're not

gonna get through that crowd. And Jesus was moving

with that throng of people, and it says he saw

the dead man's funeral. He saw the woman.

Sometimes we have to just

stop and look.

Sometimes we just got to be able to see

what's right in front of us.

And she was a widow.

A large crowd from the city was also with her. And when

the lord saw her, he had compassion.

Sometimes I see the need,

but I stop there. And I

fail to be moved

with compassion. See,

the difference is that's Alan. But if I

yield myself to the Holy Spirit, Jesus says it's expedient that I should go because

I'm gonna send 1 just like me, and he will teach you in all things.

He will comfort and guide you in all

truth. And most of the time, he doesn't use a

bullhorn. It's the whisper.

It's that tug. It's that,

and he wants to see if you'll be obedient. He wants to see,

I know you see it. Will you now

do it? And it says Jesus saw

her. And then it says he was moved

with compassion. And he said, don't cry.

Then he come up and touched the open coffin. The pallbearer

stopped and he said, young man, I tell you get up.

And he rose and began to speak and Jesus

gave him to his mother. Can you see it?

A widow with no husband to provide. Her

only it didn't say her son. There's

a reason it said only son. He was

her only source of provision. Her only source of

protection, her only source. And

now she's with nothing. And Jesus was

moved with compassion and he gave her back

life. What is it you need him to

give you life in today? Is it a relationship?

Is it a mental state? What is it that you feel is gone

and I have nothing left? That you need

him or somebody

used by him to give you that life

back.

Just as Jesus set for us an example when he washed

the disciples' feet, his immeasurable compassion

displayed throughout his season of ministry on earth has left for

us as an example, not just to one

another within the kingdom,

but also to those that yet believe. If you come

on midweek, pastor Wayne's been

doing a series about seeing Jesus the last 6 weeks. In a

couple of weeks ago, when he wrapped it up again with the the one this

Thursday, he used the scripture in 2nd Corinthians 5, and it said that God

himself, through Christ Jesus,

was reconciling us. And Wayne asked the question, who

is us? The answer is not us.

The answer is humanity. All us.

Said God was reconciling to himself through Ghost,

us while we were still in sin, not counting

our transgressions against us. In other words, he

didn't quantify, qualify, or place requirements

on it. He did it for all of

humanity. And then it says that we have been given the

ministry of reconciliation, which means we are to go do the same

thing. It's pretty easy.

That's a oxymoronic statement. To

be compassionate to somebody in this room.

We're almost 400 between the 2 services and all the children.

And I apologize if you've been coming 6, 8, 10 months, 2 years,

and I can't get your name right. I I but I see your face.

And it's pretty easy to go, yeah. I'm gonna help you. Or I see you're

in need or you're moved in something and I've come to try to help

you. But he's not just talking about taking care

of us, us ins.

We have to be compassionate to those

who don't speak like us, who don't look like us, who

don't smell like us, who don't dress like us, who don't act

like us. Let me tell you something. A sinner's gonna act like a

sinner, but we're still called to love and minister

to them. And if they find themselves in a

place that is deserving I'm sorry. That's the

wrong word. None of us deserve compassion. If they

find themselves in a place of needing

compassion, it is our responsibility

to be those hands and feet and see them

and be moved to meet their

need and compassion. And sometimes, it's as

simple as just sitting with a grieving widow.

Sometimes it's as simple as hugging that

lonely person.

It'd be amazing what small acts of

compassion can do. I wanna read something to you that came from one of our

brothers in the men's ministry. We have 3 or

4 different threads in our pursuit minutes

page. One's a prayer thread. One's a help needed page, And then

one's just a thing where we try to encourage each other. And I think it

was maybe Wednesday or Thursday of this week, this maybe Thursday,

This brother posted this. He said, I was walking from one area of the gym

to another yesterday, not really paying attention when I noticed a little bit

of water on the floor. Then about 2 feet in front of it,

there was more. In another kip couple of feet, there was more water.

I looked up and I saw a woman carrying a water bottle by her sit

side, but the lid wasn't screwed on tight. And the angle at which she was

holding it caused water to pour out every few feet.

This had gone on for about a stretch of maybe

50 feet or so. So I called up to her and I told her, I

said, you're you're spilling water

in in your drink, and I just didn't want you to be thirsty

because you ran out of water.

Now he could've said, hey. Hey. You're

making a mess. You're spilling water all through here, and I

almost tripped on that. I almost slipped. Clean up your

stuff. He could've.

Sometimes we do,

but that wasn't his heart posture.

His heart posture was I didn't want you to be out of theater.

I didn't want you to be thirsty. And it says she looked at

him. She looked embarrassed, but said thank you, and

that she'd clean it up. I almost went right back to my

workout, but instead you ever had one of those?

I was going to and then

I went and grabbed some paper towels and started walking

the water from the opposite end of the trail.

And when we met in the middle, she looked as if she was

about to cry. She said thank you

because I'm not used to people helping me.

And I could see the genuine gratitude in her eyes.

I'd never seen her before, but I told her if she ever is in need

and sees me here, she can come ask.

You see, even the smallest acts of kindness can have the biggest impact on

people. It cost me less than 5 minutes,

but I can imagine that she thought about it for much longer. I

bet she did too. And you know why

I know she did? Because she said when she looked at him, I'm not used

to people helping me. 5

minutes of wiping up water on it. I don't know the woman's

spiritual state. Maybe she's a believer. Maybe she's

not. But I believe that brother in that 5

minutes of extending his kindness because he

was moved by compassion to help her

Could be seeds that Ghost an eternity for her. Maybe she's

a believer and she's wandered because she's felt deserted or left

alone. And this act restored

her hope that God has not forgotten me. Maybe

she's an unbeliever and can't believe anybody would take their

time out. And he listen. It's easy to point out people's

mess ups. Guess what? Most of the

time we know we're messing up, but

sometimes we don't. But how

much better is it when we negate the error

in the pointing out of the thing rather than getting in the ditch and helping

and minister onto them.

The smallest acts of kindness can have the

biggest impact on people. It Ghost me less than 5 minutes.

Then he writes, lend a hand. Be the change.

Be like Jesus.

Don't worry about what others think. Praise and worship team, you can come

out. Don't worry about the snickers or the stairs

because we all need help

at times. So help someone when you

can.

John says this in first John.

This is how we know what love is.

Jesus Christ laid down his life for us,

and we ought to lay down our lives for our

brothers and sisters. If anyone

has the material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need,

but is not moved with compassion for them,

how can the love of God be in that person?

Dear children, let us not love with

words or speech, but

with actions and in truth.

I can say all pray,

and I can preach and proclaim it all I want

to with my mouth. But until my

life reflects through my

actions, my words are useless.

You ever been told something by body? And you know,

you know you know, they ain't gonna

do it. They

have every intention. They mean

well. But you know,

soon as it comes out it falls to the ground. Coach, you know.

But have you met people also? That they never

say a thing? But when you need them,

when you're in that grind, you're in that hard place,

you know they're coming. You know they're praying.

You know that whatever you need, they're gonna do.

Because their actions speak louder than their

words. I wanna be a person

that my words

reflect my actions.

I want my life to be one that's consistent.

So if I say, you know I will.

And listen, I'm gonna blow it. I'm gonna miss it. You

are too, so don't point at me. But God,

that my heart would be so attuned

to his spirit that when I hear him

whisper, if I say, then I will

do. And I think that's what he's called us

as believers to be. Because there's a world out

there, Spirit earlier, sinners gonna

sin. And they already have a misconception

about the genuine body of Christ.

But oh, that we would be a people

that genuinely lived a life

of grace, and mercy, and compassion

with no restraint, with no qualifications

that they could taste and see that the lord is good. For

those that are gonna pray with people, if you'd come down.

Maybe you're here this morning and you're on one side of the

coin or the other. Pastor, I'm in a difficult place.

Brother, I'm in a place of grief, mental

anguish. I've got sickness. I've got things in my life. And I

just need to sense the lord's compassion in my life again.

There are people here that will pray with you.

Maybe you're on the other side of that. Lord, I blow

it. I blow it more than I get it right. And I need your Holy

Spirit to help me to hear your

voice so that I can move with compassion

when you speak. There are people that are here pray with you for that

too. So would you stand and let's worship? And if that's you,

come spend some time down here with