Mind of Christ: Ep 10: The Heartbeat of Heaven: Compassion in Action

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Welcome to the Morris Perspective. I'm your host, Connie Morris,

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retired police officer, educator, author, and a voice for change.

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At the Morris Perspective, we confront uncomfortable realities,

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laugh when life demands it, and recover the history they hope we would forget.

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This is real talk for real people. Welcome back to the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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I'm your host, Connie Morris. And today we're going to continue our series, Faith on the Go.

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The topic is the heartbeat of heaven and it's titled Compassion,

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right? The heartbeat of heaven, compassion.

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Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God, by the word of God.

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So I hope that your faith is being built up as you listen to this podcast.

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Hope you've been encouraged to seek God for the mind of Christ.

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And I hope you're having some results as you are obeying him,

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walking in humility, and doing all those things that Jesus said,

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only doing what the Father said.

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And that's why this space was created, for your quiet moments,

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for your work days, for your commutes, and those in between places and spaces

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where your spirit needs to be refilled or recharged.

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Faith on the Go is for those times when you're fighting battles not yet won,

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but already finished in Christ. It's for the ones who keep believing,

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keep pressing, and keep walking, even when the road gets long.

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So wherever you go today, wherever you are, settle in and let the word of God

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strengthen your faith while you are on the go.

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We're at day 10, the heartbeat of heaven, the mind of compassion.

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Key scripture is found in Mark 1.

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41, it says, moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

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I am willing, he said, be clean.

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Every miracle Jesus performed flowed from heaven, from compassion.

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It wasn't duty, performance, or reputation that moved him. It was love.

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When the leopard came to him desperate and broken, everyone else stepped back,

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but Jesus stepped forward.

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He did what no one else dared to dude. He touched him. He touched him.

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Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. Mark 1 41.

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These words are more than history. They're revelation.

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Compassion doesn't just see pain. It reaches into it.

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When the widow of Nain walked beside her son's coffin, Jesus saw her tears and said, don't cry.

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He touched the coffin and the boy sat up. Luke 7 13 to 15.

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When he saw the hungry multitude, he told the disciples, you give them something to eat, Matthew 14, 16.

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Every time compassion moved him, heaven moved with him.

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His heart wasn't hardened by the crowd. It was broken for them.

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That's what made his ministry.

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Unstoppable. The mind of Christ doesn't just sympathize, it responds.

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Compassion is love translated into action. It's the bridge between seeing a need and meeting it.

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In Matthew 9, 36, Jesus looked up upon the crowd and had compassion on them

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

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This wasn't pity, it was purpose.

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His compassion compelled him to teach, heal, and deliver.

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Compassion keeps us from becoming spiritually numb in a world overflowing with need.

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When we feel moved to act, to call, to give, to pray, to comfort,

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that's not coincidence.

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That's the Holy Spirit inviting us to mirror Jesus' heart.

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Ephesians 4.32 said, be kind and compassionate to one another,

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forgiving each other just as Christ forgave you.

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Compassion is the heartbeat of heaven. It keeps love alive in a world that has grown cold.

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Reminds you that ministry isn't a stage, it's a touch.

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Sometimes compassion looks like feeding the hungry, sometimes like praying for

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the sick, sometimes like forgiving the undeserving.

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Every action of compassion whispers, I see you, God still cares.

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Ask yourself, when was the last time I allow compassion to interrupt my schedule?

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Do I feel people's pain or have I become too busy to notice them?

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Is there someone near me that God is asking me to reach out to instead of retreat

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from? Let's walk it out like Jesus.

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How would Jesus do this? What would Jesus do?

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Number one, let compassion interrupt you. Jesus stopped mid-journey to heal and help.

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Mark 5 30. Don't rush past divine moments.

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Number two, touch the untouchable. Whenever it's a lonely neighbor or a struggling

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friend, reach out instead of pulling away.

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Number three, give what you have. The boy's lunch fed thousands because it was

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placed in Jesus' hand. John 6, 9 through 11.

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Compassion multiplies generosity. Number four, speak life, not pity.

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Jesus didn't say poor thing. He said rise.

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Luke 7, 14. Your words can restore dignity and hope.

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And number five, let prayer become action. Compassion begins in prayer, but must end in purpose.

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James 2, 15 to 17.

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Walking it out like Jesus requires us to be so connected to God that those divine

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moments, we don't slip by.

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And you have to ask him, Lord, who do I need to touch today?

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How can compassion interrupt me? What can I do to make this day better for somebody else?

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What words can I use to encourage someone? How can I put this into action?

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How can I put this mind of Christ devotional into action?

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Not just on paper, not just in my mind, but how can I show the glory of God through me today?

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Let's pray. Father, thank you for showing me your heart through Jesus.

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Teach me to love the way he loved, not from a distance, but up close.

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Soften my heart to the needs around me.

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Let me be your hands that heal, your voice that comforts, your presence that

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reassures and restores.

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Break me free from selfishness and stir in me a compassion that moves me to

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action. In Jesus' name, amen.

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I decree I have the mind of Christ. My heart beats with compassion.

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I am moved by love, not convenience.

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Where others turn away, I step forward. Every act of kindness I shall become a reflection of heaven.

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On earth? Reflection question, who in your life is waiting for compassion to show up through you?

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And how can you tangibly demonstrate the love of Christ today?

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How can you do that? Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word of God.

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What are you doing with your faith?

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You've been listening to Faith on the Go with your host, Connie Morris,

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from the Diary of a Black Woman podcast.

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I pray this word energized your faith and reminded you of God's promise to restore and heal.

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And he said he's going to do it through you. Why?

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Because Isaiah 55, 11 tells us that his word should not return void.

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Believers will lay hands on the sick and they should recover.

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Believers, if you're a believer, go heal the sick.

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Philippians 1, 6 tells us, he who began a work in you will carry it on to completion

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until the day of Christ Jesus.

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What does he need to complete in you?

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And it reminds me of is when I see a person, I had a person come into my office and she was a mess.

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I mean, she was sick.

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And before she came into my office, she had been throwing up and vomiting every 15 minutes.

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And so my boss was concerned.

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People at the front desk was concerned. I just, what I did would say,

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I told her, put a mask on. I put a mask on, one of those nice masks.

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I didn't know what she was dealing with. I put on my gloves.

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And I ended up, as I was putting on her bracelet, I put on these GPS monitor bracelets.

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And as I was putting that bracelet on, I just touched her skin with my gloves.

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And I just began to pray for her quietly.

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And it was really quiet because our offices, even though we have doors,

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people are just always listening in. But I didn't want to make a scene.

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Remember, I don't want to be famous. I want God famous.

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And so I prayed for her quietly and we had a little discussion afterwards. I put her bracelet on.

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And then she said, I heard that prayer and I receive it.

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I want to live long and strong and see my grandchildren grow up.

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She said that with her words. And I said, you will, you will.

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And she began to tell me what her sickness was.

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She has kind of like cirrhosis of the liver, some very serious stuff that she had going on.

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And I just said, I just believe that you're going to be healed.

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And the next day I saw her, she had her makeup on and looking cute.

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And then I kept seeing her.

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But remember, I'm not running after her. Are you feeling what's going on?

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I just watched God begin to heal this lady immediately because she said,

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this is the first time I haven't vomited in 15 minutes since I've been in your

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office. What? Come on now.

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What? So God wants to use you. So let him complete what he started.

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And it's like, if you don't use it, he can't use it.

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It's like, if you always have a full tank of gas and you never drive anywhere,

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you will always have a full tank of gas.

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But if you're using that tank of gas to heal the sick, restore the broken,

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walk in forgiveness, walk in the mind of Christ, that tank is suddenly going to be empty.

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That gives God something to feel. It's supernatural, right?

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It's super on your natural so that you can do those things that God has wanted

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you to do from the beginning.

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Remember, we are on assignment. We are on assignment.

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People are needing you. And sometimes the places where you work,

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you can't always do it out loud. But you can say, can we step outside for a minute?

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Or can we go walk or for a walk? I mean, you know how to get away from your

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desk where people are listening and do what God's called you to do.

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I want you to be encouraged that God will finish what he has started in you.

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Use it. What is he telling you to do?

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So keep believing, keep praying, and keep trusting because God will finish.

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For he has started. Until I see you again, God bless you.

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Thank you for listening to this episode. And before we close out,

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I want to speak a word of promise over you from Jeremiah 29, 11 through 14.

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Father God, you declared, I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper

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you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

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So today we received that truth.

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You said when we call on you, you will listen. So we pray.

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You said that when we seek you with our hearts, you will be found. So we pursue.

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You said you will restore us from captivity.

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So we declare freedom over every place where our listeners feel stuck, silenced, or small.

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Thank you for always drawing near when we show up in faith. In Jesus' name, amen.