What it Means to be Compassionate and Caring

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What it Means to be Compassionate and Caring

June 23, 2024 • Pastor Danny Bennett • Proverbs 17:5, Proverbs 21:13, Proverbs 28:27, James 2:15–17, Romans 12:13

1. Bible has very strong words towards those who aren’t compassionate.

Proverbs 17:5 (NLT) Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

Proverbs 21:13 (NLT) Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.

Proverbs 28:27 (NLT) Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.

2. Has to be lived-out in the church, if it’s going to be lived outside the church.

James 2:15-17 (NLT) 15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? 17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

Romans 12:13 (NLT) 13 When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.

3. God commands us to give a portion to the poor.

Leviticus 19:9-10 (NLT) 9 “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. 10 It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.

4. We are to use discernment.

Matthew 10:16 (NLT) 16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NLT) 10 Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”

Proverbs 10:4 (NLT) 4 Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.

5. God rewards those who are compassionate.

Matthew 10:42 (NLT) 42 And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

Proverbs 19:17 (NLT) 17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!

"How to Handle Uncertainty"

August 18, 2024 • Pastor Danny Bennett • 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 37:5, John 14:27

How To Handle Times of Uncertainty? Cast https://biblia.com/bible/niv/1%20pet%205.7 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Commit https://biblia.com/bible/niv/ps%2037.5 Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. Claim https://biblia.com/bible/niv/john%2014.27 27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

The C’s of Uncertainty

August 11, 2024 • Pastor Danny Bennett • 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 37:5, John 14:27

How To Handle Times of Uncertainty? Cast https://biblia.com/bible/niv/1%20pet%205.7 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Commit https://biblia.com/bible/nlt/ps%2037.5 Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. Claim https://biblia.com/bible/nlt/john%2014.27 27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

How to Keep On Keeping On

August 4, 2024 • Pastor Danny Bennett • Philippians 3:12–14, Hebrews 12:1

"How to Spiritually Move in the Right Direction" 12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. https://biblia.com/bible/nlt/phil%203.12-14 How To Spiritually Move in the Right Direction 1. Keep pressing on. Things That Stop Our Spiritual Growth: Change of Schedule Struggle with a Sin https://biblia.com/bible/niv/heb%2012.1 (GNT) As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us. Season of Dryness 2. Focus on the future not the past. https://biblia.com/bible/nlt/phil%203.13 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,