1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joelan Victoria. Thanks for listening to our 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a friend. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: your life. 7 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 2: I just want to encourage us all to open our 8 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 2: hearts of compassion. You see, sometimes we get so busy 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: in life that we don't even notice the people around us. 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: We have jobs, we have families, we have chores, responsibilities, 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: and sometimes those things can keep us so focused on 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: ourself and what we need to get done that we 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: forget about the people around us. We don't understand that 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: maybe they need something from us. And God wants us 15 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: to open our heart of compassion, to see through the 16 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: eyes of this compassion and see what the people around 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: us need. See, God wants to flow through us to 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: other people. He wants to use us as an instrument 19 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 2: of love. He wants us to be the hands and 20 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: feet of Him right down here on this earth. But 21 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: we're never going to be that until we begin to 22 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: understand this feeling that God wants to put in us 23 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 2: so that it can flow out of us. It says 24 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: in John three p. Seventeen. If anyone sees his brother 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 2: in need and yet closes his heart of compassion, is 26 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: the love of God in him? Question mark? You see 27 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: this scripture says we all have a heart of compassion, 28 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: and it indicates that this heart, this chamber that God 29 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: wants to work through, can either be opened or it 30 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: can be closed, can be shut off, and as a 31 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 2: result of it being shut off, the love of God 32 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: cannot flow out of it. We don't recognize what God 33 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: wants to do through us, And can I tell you 34 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: right now? God wants to work through you. He's not 35 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: looking at your mistakes. He's not looking at your past. 36 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 2: He is looking at who He wants you to be 37 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 2: and the things He wants to do through your life. 38 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 2: Because you are very influential, you hold value in substance 39 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: and in your sphere of atmosphere wherever you travel. God 40 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: wants you to use what he's given you. And the 41 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: first way to use what He's given us is to 42 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 2: recognize that God wants to put in us the ability 43 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: to understand this compassion and how it works in our life. 44 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: You see. I believe that's the reason some people are 45 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 2: very unhappy today. It's because they've closed their heart of compassion. 46 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: They're not paying attention to the people around them, to 47 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: the world around them. You see, if we're going to 48 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: live this full life in the abundance that God has 49 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: given us, we need to stir up this heart of 50 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: compassion and say, God, give me eyes to see what 51 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: you'd have me do today. Open my mind and my 52 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: heart to the people who need your love. All through 53 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 2: the Bible we can read this. When Jesus walked the earth, 54 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 2: he saw the multitudes, and the Bible says that he 55 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: was moved with compassion. He saw the sick. It says 56 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 2: that he had this deep inward moving of compassion. He 57 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: saw two blind men. They were yelling his name. Jesus, 58 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: son of David, Have mercy on me, says he was 59 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 2: moved in his inner being with compassion. It's interesting because 60 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: Jesus walked over to where those blind men were. He 61 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: turned right around, he walked over. He looked them right 62 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: in the face. They couldn't see him, but I bet 63 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: they could feel him. They could feel him. They felt 64 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: that compassion. They said, have mercy on us. He said, 65 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: what do you want? They said, we want to see 66 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 2: and do you know that compassion that was in Christ 67 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: Jesus took went out of him in power and healed 68 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: those two blind men. You see, compassion is powerful. Compassion 69 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 2: can bring forth miracles. You see, Jesus fed the multitudes 70 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: because of the compassion. Jesus healed the sick, open blind eyes, 71 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 2: because he understood that God was saying, this is your time. 72 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: Move out in compassion. You see, he didn't just feel 73 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 2: sorry for him. He didn't just say, oh, that's pitiful. 74 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: Ah man, that's too bad. Well my heart hurts for them. 75 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 2: You see, his compassion had action, It moved, it had action. 76 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 2: And you see you may say to me today, well, 77 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 2: I don't think I can open blind eyes. I don't 78 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: think I can heal the sick. I can't feed the multitudes. 79 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 2: But do you know the compassion that lives in you? 80 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: When you're aware of it, it will cause you to 81 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 2: move out in power. It will give you the desire 82 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: to help someone else, because see, it's not you, it's 83 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 2: the power of God in you being released to someone 84 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 2: else for a miracle. How freeing is that. Don't put 85 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 2: the pressure on yourself, Say God, I understand what you're 86 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: doing on the inside. Of me and God, I am 87 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: going to reach out and move in the compassion that 88 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: you've given me, this divine flow of love. You see, 89 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: we are directed to follow love and let it guide us. 90 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: When you feel this compassion, this compassion is from God. 91 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: This compassion has miracle working power in it. 92 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: You see. 93 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 2: Sometimes we're looking for a miracle, but God wants you 94 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 2: to be someone's miracle. He wants you to release your influence, 95 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 2: your power, your love on this earth. Jesus said there 96 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: was two great commandments. The first one is love God 97 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 2: with all of your heart, with all of your mind, 98 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: and with all of your soul. And he said the 99 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: second is this one, and it's just like the first. 100 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 2: Love your neighbor as your self. There was an expert 101 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 2: in the law when Jesus was saying this scripture, and 102 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 2: he said, Jesus, how am I supposed to know who 103 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: my neighbor is? What classifies a neighbor? Who am I 104 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: supposed to love like I would love myself? And Jesus 105 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: told a parable, told a parable about a man who 106 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: was walking to Jericho. A band of robbers came and 107 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: attacked him, beat him, bruised him, stole all he had, 108 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: and left him on the side of the road for dead. 109 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: A priest came by, saw the man, went to the 110 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 2: other side of the road and walked past him. You see, 111 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: we can't be too busy to notice. You see, it 112 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: doesn't disqualify us because we go to the other side. 113 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 2: A levite man, probably assistant to the priests. They had 114 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 2: something to do and somewhere to go. He saw the man. 115 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 2: The scripture says that he walked to the other side 116 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: of the street and kept on his way, totally ignoring 117 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: the wounded man. But then there was a Samaritan. He 118 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 2: was walking down the road. He said, what is that 119 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 2: on the street? Looked over there, and it was a 120 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 2: man wounded, laying there, bleeding, about to die. The Bible 121 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: says that he bandaged him up, took care of him, 122 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: put him on his animal, took him to an end, 123 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 2: gave the innkeeper money and said, hey, can you help 124 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 2: me take care of this guy. I'll give you money. 125 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to have to leave, but i'll come back 126 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 2: and I'll pay any expenses that you've occurred from helping him. 127 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 2: You see, we're all busy. Even that man must have 128 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 2: been busy. He had to leave to take care of something. 129 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 2: But he said, look, he reached out and said, if 130 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 2: you'll help me, help this man, I'll give you what 131 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 2: you need. Jesus said, to the expert of the law, 132 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: which one of these three men do you think was 133 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: a neighbor to this guy. The expert of the law said, 134 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 2: the one who showed mercy. And he said, that's right. 135 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 2: He said, Now you go and do the same. Do 136 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 2: the same. Jesus is saying, you go and do the same. 137 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 2: Have mercy, open your heart of compassion. Let me work 138 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: through you, Let me use you in a powerful way. 139 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 2: Don't worry about trying to do it yourself. Understand that 140 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: the flow of compassion, the divine love that I'm pouring out, 141 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 2: has power in itself. You see, when about eight years ago, 142 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 2: I lived next door to a beautiful family. I was 143 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: a wife and a husband and two beautiful young girls. 144 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: And the wife was my age. And she came down 145 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 2: with cancer, and she eventually died of cancer. I went 146 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: to the funeral, and I began to talk to the 147 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 2: young girls, and they were so precious. My heart went 148 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: out to them, and so I became friends with the 149 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 2: older girl. She was probably only twelve years old, but 150 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 2: I told her how much I loved her and that 151 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: I'll do anything for her. I'm right next door and 152 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 2: invited her her to church, and she came to church 153 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 2: on several occasions and loved it so much. But shortly 154 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 2: after that, her family moved away and I lost touch. 155 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: Life gets busy. I didn't know where they moved to. 156 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 2: You know, just about three days ago, I was putting 157 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 2: on my makeup, getting ready for the day, getting ready 158 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: to go out, and something in my heart just thought 159 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 2: about this girl. Now, I thought about, where is that 160 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 2: young girl? I began to think about her, just right 161 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 2: out of the blue. I wasn't thinking about her. I wasn't. 162 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 2: It just came into my heart. I don't know why 163 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 2: God put that in my heart after eight long years, 164 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,359 Speaker 2: but I really feel like that it was his divine 165 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 2: flow of love for this girl. And I begin to 166 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 2: pray for her. I begin to say, Lord, I don't 167 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 2: know where she is, but you know where she is. God. 168 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: I'm asking you whatever she needs, Father, meet every need 169 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 2: that she has. Give her wisdom. God, if there's anything 170 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 2: coming against her, Father, just stop that scheme right now 171 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 2: in Jesus's name. And I began to pray for her 172 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 2: and pray for her, and that compassion just came up 173 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 2: out of me and I continue to pray. I told 174 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 2: Joel later, I said, you're not gonna believe God put 175 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: this in my heart. I don't know what all he 176 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,599 Speaker 2: wants me to do with it, but I'm going to 177 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: try to reach out to her. So I tried to 178 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 2: look her up on Facebook and I couldn't find her. 179 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 2: So I've asked a couple friends, Hey, do you remember 180 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 2: this family? If you know where they are, could you 181 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 2: tell me or get in touch with them and let 182 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 2: them know that I am thinking about them, and one 183 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: in particular, the girls, could they maybe reached back and 184 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 2: touch me or give me their number and I'll touch them. 185 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 2: You see, my heart of compassion was there. It's not 186 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 2: just enough to feel sorry for those girls because they 187 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 2: lost their parents. I want to move in this compassion. 188 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 2: I want to move out in this compassion because I 189 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 2: think to myself, what if it was my children. What 190 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 2: if it was my son and my daughter and I 191 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 2: left this earth and someone thought about them, But that's 192 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: all they did was think about them. I would sou 193 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 2: want someone to reach out and touch them, to pray 194 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 2: for them and you see, God may put some people 195 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 2: on your heart. Maybe you've thought about some people. Maybe 196 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,559 Speaker 2: your spouse was saying some things you didn't recognize yesterday, 197 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: but today you think, Wow, they were hurting. Listen, God 198 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 2: wants you to act on that compassion. You see a 199 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 2: coworker at work sitting across the room and you just 200 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 2: feel like, Oh, man, got Lee was sorry for them. 201 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: Recognize that's God He's saying, move, move, reach out. You'll 202 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,679 Speaker 2: never know the impact of what a phone call can do, 203 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: or the significance of someone of your words saying to someone, Hey, 204 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 2: I'm thinking about you, I care about you, I love you. Hey, 205 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 2: you're gonna make it. I'm praying for you. You see, those 206 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 2: simple words of hope can turn someone's life around. Can 207 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 2: I open blind eyes and give them a new perspective? 208 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 2: Can heal a heart and change the course of their destiny? 209 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 2: You see, God has called us to move out in compassion, 210 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 2: to be the hands and the feet of Jesus. So 211 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 2: today let's pray God open that heart of compassion. Let 212 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 2: me see hurting people around me. Yeah, I may have 213 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 2: to stop what I'm doing, I may have to take 214 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 2: some time, maybe even some money. But God I know 215 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 2: that when i'm someone's miracle, you will make sure I 216 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 2: get all the miracles that I need. Amen. When you're 217 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: following love and compassion, you're following God. Amen. Amen, He's 218 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 2: an awesome God. 219 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: Life throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 220 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 3: can feel so out of touch that we no longer 221 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 3: recognize ourselves. 222 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: Life has a way of changing us. At one time, 223 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: we were outgoing and excited about our dreams. But when 224 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: we go through disappointments and people do us wrong, it's 225 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: easy to lose that positive, passionate person that we used 226 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: to be. 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