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IMITATE JESUS’ COMPASSION (HOW DOES EMPATHY WORK? (THEREFORE THE…
IMITATE JESUS’ COMPASSION
HAVE WE THE ABILITY TO SHOW EMPATHY?
EMPATHY IS DEFINED AS “THE ABILITY TO SHARE SOMEONE ELSE’S FEELINGS OR EXPERIENCES BY IMAGINING WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE IN THAT PERSON’S SITUATION.”
CONSIDER: WHY ARE WE ENDOWED WITH EMPATHY?
THE BIBLE EXPLAINS THAT GOD CREATED HUMANKIND IN HIS IMAGE.
WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD IN THAT WE CAN REFLECT HIS PERSONALITY AND THUS DISPLAY A MEASURE OF HIS FINE QUALITIES.
WHEN EMPATHY MOVES CARING PEOPLE TO HELP OTHERS, THEY MIRROR THE EMPATHY OF THEIR COMPASSIONATE CREATOR, JEHOVAH GOD.
JESUS HAS LEARNED TO SHOW EMPATHY FROM JEHOVAH.
HOW DID JESUS COMFORT MARTHA? AND, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US?
JOHN 11:23-26
JOHN 11:24
I KNOW HE WILL RISE:HER FAITH IN THAT TEACHING WAS REMARKABLE.
WE HAVE THE SAME HOPE. FOR THIS REASON THAT WE MAKE CONSTANT EFFORTS TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
SO WE CAN LEARN FROM JEHOVAH AND JESUS TO SHOW EMPATHY THROUGH BIBLE READING, AND MEDITATION.
JESUS HAD MADE AN EFFORT TO BE PRESENT AT THE TOMB OF LAZZARUS.
JOHN 11:25
WHERE CAN WE HEAR ENCOURAGING WORDS LIKE THESE?
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE:
WHERE WE MEET PEOPLE WHO NEED ENCOUNTERING WORDS?
TO OUR MEETINGS, OF COURSE!
WE CAN NOT SHOW AND RECEIVE EMPATHY IF WE STAY AT HOME!
HOW JESUS SHOWN EMPATHY?
HOW CAN WE SHOW EMPATHY LIKE JESUS?
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JOHN 11:33-35
JOHN 11:35
JESUS HAS LEFT A MODEL.
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WE DO NOT HAVE SHAME IN SHOWING OUR FEELINGS WITH OUR SPIRITUAL FAMILY.
BUT JESUS HAS MADE MORE, BEYOND TO SHOW HIS FEELINGS.
HOW CAN WE DO THIS?
OBSERVE. NOT EVERYONE WILL OPENLY TELL US HOW THEY FEEL OR WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION. THE MOST POWERFUL WAY TO STIMULATE EMPATHY IS TO ASK YOURSELF:
IF I WERE IN THIS SITUATION, HOW WOULD I FEEL?
WHAT WOULD I NEED?
LISTEN! BY LISTENING CAREFULLY WE LEARN WHICH PROBLEMS OTHERS ARE FACING.
EMPATHY WILL HELP US TO DISCOVER THAT “THERE IS MORE HAPPINESS IN GIVING THAN THERE IS IN RECEIVING.
JOHN 11:43,44
JESUS TOOK ACTION TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
HOW DOES EMPATHY WORK?
THEREFORE THE PERCEPTION HAS ACTIVATED; THAT IS, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS SITUATION.
THEN OUR SENSE ORGANS, RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THAT IMPUT. (LIKE THE VIEW, HEARING, THE TACT)
OUR FEELINGS, ACTIVATED BY EMOTIONS, ARE INVOLVED.
FINALLY; WE ACT!
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FIRST; WE NEED TO RECEIVE AN IMPUT.