ENCORE=4-04-2024
ENCORE=4-04-2024
THE HEART OF
JESUS' MESSAGE
Today we
read about
Paul and
Silas=
Who were
CONTINUING to PREACH
After being
ordered to STOP
They were
attacked=stripped=
Beaten=imprisoned
And chained
At midnight=
An
earthquake SHOOK
The
foundations
Of the jail
The chains
off=
And the
doors sprung open
“WHEN the
jailer
Woke up and
saw
The prison
doors wide open
He DREW his
sword
And was
about
To KILL
HIMSELF
Thinking
that
The
prisoners had escaped
But Paul shouted........
'Do NO HARM
To yourself
We are ALL
HERE'”
Acts 16:27-28
And the
locks and chains
FELL OFF the
jailer too=
When Paul
and Silas
Assured him
They wished
him NO HARM
What SAVED
the jailer
Was NOT
The preached
words
But the
HEART
OF JESUS' MESSAGE
And the
HEART of
JESUS'
message
Is
COMPASSION
And
forgiving love
“The Lord
Is good to
all
He has
COMPASSION
On all-
He has made”
Psalm 145:9
“For the
Lord
Comforts his
people
And will
have COMPASSION
On his
afflicted ones”
Isaiah 49:13
I will
betroth you
To me
forever
I will
betroth to you
In
righteousness and justice
In love and
COMPASSION”
Hosea 2:19
The JAILER
and
His family
RESPONDED
WITH LOVE
Caring for
the wounds-
SHARING food
from their table
And
rejoicing
AFTER being
baptized
ONLY THE
HEART
Of Jesus'
message=
Only
COMPASSION and love
Can TURN a
person
Like that
“As you know-
We count as
blessed
Those who
have persevered
You have
heard
Of JOB'S
perseverance=
And have
seen
What the
Lord
Finally
brought about
The world is
FULL
OF
COMPASSION AND MERCY”
James 5:11
Dear
Lord=help us
Always to
SHARE
Your LOVE
AND COMPASSION=
The very
HEART
Of YOUR
MESSAGE
So that we
can
MOVE
OTHERS=just like you=
And Paul and
Silas
In Jesus'
name= and in the name of our EVER COMPASSIONATE FATHER!
Robert P. Wallman
5-18-20
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH
MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston
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