Prayer for Compassion: Father, we thank you for being a compassionate God who is slow to anger and abounding in love. We are humbled that you Almighty, Creator, God would be moved with compassion toward us. Father, may we live in the reality and consciousness of your compassion today. May that same compassion be extended toward others. We pray that we will not be heartless but that we will see everyone, EVERYONE, through your eyes today. And we pray that your compassion will move through us. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Revival Calendar Day 11
Digging Deeper
Barrier: Heartlessness/Ruthlessness/Callous/Cruelty
Old Testament Meaning
Definition
the oppressor, the ruthless awe-inspiring, terror-striking, awesome, terrifying, ruthless, mighty
Word Usage - Total: 21
dread 1, most ruthless 2, ruthless 7, ruthless men 1, ruthless ones 1, tyrant 1, tyrants 4, violent 2, violent men 2
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless; Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
Job 6:23
Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?
Job 15:20
"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
Job 27:13
"This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
Psalm 37:35
I have seen a violent, wicked man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers have risen against me, And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalm 86:14
O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set Thee before them.
Isaiah 13:11
Thus I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud, And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
Isaiah 25:3
Therefore a strong people will glorify Thee; Cities of ruthless nations will revere Thee.
Isaiah 25:4
For Thou hast been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.
Isaiah 25:5
Like heat in drought, Thou dost subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.
Isaiah 29:5
But the multitude of your enemies shall become like fine dust, And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away; And it shall happen instantly, suddenly.
Isaiah 29:20
For the ruthless will come to an end, and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off;
Isaiah 49:25
Surely, thus says the Lord, "Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons.
Jeremiah 15:21
"So I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grasp of the violent."
Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me like a dread champion; Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed, With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
New Testament Meaning
Definition
to cease to feel pain or grief
to bear troubles with greater equanimity, cease to feel pain at to become callous, insensible to pain, apathetic miserable, to be ill
improperly, wrongly
to speak ill of, revile, one
Word Usage - Total: 18
become callous 1; cruelly 1, evil 1, ill* 5, sick 6, very 1, wretched 1, wrong motives 1, wrongly
Ephesians 4:19
and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
Matthew 15:22
And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed."
Mark 1:32
And when evening had come, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.
Mark 1:34
And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Mark 2:17
And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mark 6:55
and ran about that whole country and began to carry about on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
It is interested that the word also means ill or sick. Without a doubt a “heartless” person is sick. He/she is not at all acting as one created in the image of a benevolent God.
Definition
the oppressor, the ruthless awe-inspiring, terror-striking, awesome, terrifying, ruthless, mighty
Word Usage - Total: 21
dread 1, most ruthless 2, ruthless 7, ruthless men 1, ruthless ones 1, tyrant 1, tyrants 4, violent 2, violent men 2
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless; Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
Job 6:23
Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?
Job 15:20
"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
Job 27:13
"This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
Psalm 37:35
I have seen a violent, wicked man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Psalm 54:3
For strangers have risen against me, And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalm 86:14
O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set Thee before them.
Isaiah 13:11
Thus I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud, And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
Isaiah 25:3
Therefore a strong people will glorify Thee; Cities of ruthless nations will revere Thee.
Isaiah 25:4
For Thou hast been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.
Isaiah 25:5
Like heat in drought, Thou dost subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.
Isaiah 29:5
But the multitude of your enemies shall become like fine dust, And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away; And it shall happen instantly, suddenly.
Isaiah 29:20
For the ruthless will come to an end, and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off;
Isaiah 49:25
Surely, thus says the Lord, "Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons.
Jeremiah 15:21
"So I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grasp of the violent."
Jeremiah 20:11
But the Lord is with me like a dread champion; Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed, With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
New Testament Meaning
Definition
to cease to feel pain or grief
to bear troubles with greater equanimity, cease to feel pain at to become callous, insensible to pain, apathetic miserable, to be ill
improperly, wrongly
to speak ill of, revile, one
Word Usage - Total: 18
become callous 1; cruelly 1, evil 1, ill* 5, sick 6, very 1, wretched 1, wrong motives 1, wrongly
Ephesians 4:19
and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
Matthew 15:22
And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed."
Mark 1:32
And when evening had come, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.
Mark 1:34
And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
Mark 2:17
And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mark 6:55
and ran about that whole country and began to carry about on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was.
James 4:3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
It is interested that the word also means ill or sick. Without a doubt a “heartless” person is sick. He/she is not at all acting as one created in the image of a benevolent God.
Breakthrough:
Compassion
Compassion
Old Testament Meaning
Definition
to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion
Word Usage - Total: 37
concern* 1, had compassion 1, have compassion 3, have pity 1, have...pity 4, looked with pity 1, pity 6, show pity 2, show...pity 1, sorry 1, spare 2, spared 1, compassionate 11, merciful 2
As you read these scripture note the One who is the Model of our pursuit of Compassion and Kindness...
1Samuel 24:10
"Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.'
Nehemiah 13:22
And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. For this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Thy lovingkindness.
Psalm 72:13
He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them; And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
Exodus 34:6
Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
Deuteronomy 4:31
"For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
2Chronicles 30:9
"For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive, and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him."
Nehemiah 9:17
"And they refused to listen, And did not remember Thy wondrous deeds which Thou hadst performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But Thou art a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness; And Thou didst not forsake them.
Nehemiah 9:31
"Nevertheless, in Thy great compassion Thou didst not make an end of them or forsake them, For Thou art a gracious and compassionate God.
Psalm 78:38
But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger, And did not arouse all His wrath.
Psalm 86:15
But Thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Psalm 111:4
He has made His wonders to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and compassionate.
Psalm 112:4
Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Joel 2:13
And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, And relenting of evil.
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed to the Lord and said, "Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.
Definition
to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion
Word Usage - Total: 37
concern* 1, had compassion 1, have compassion 3, have pity 1, have...pity 4, looked with pity 1, pity 6, show pity 2, show...pity 1, sorry 1, spare 2, spared 1, compassionate 11, merciful 2
As you read these scripture note the One who is the Model of our pursuit of Compassion and Kindness...
1Samuel 24:10
"Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.'
Nehemiah 13:22
And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. For this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Thy lovingkindness.
Psalm 72:13
He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them; And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
Exodus 34:6
Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
Deuteronomy 4:31
"For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.
2Chronicles 30:9
"For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive, and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him."
Nehemiah 9:17
"And they refused to listen, And did not remember Thy wondrous deeds which Thou hadst performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But Thou art a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness; And Thou didst not forsake them.
Nehemiah 9:31
"Nevertheless, in Thy great compassion Thou didst not make an end of them or forsake them, For Thou art a gracious and compassionate God.
Psalm 78:38
But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger, And did not arouse all His wrath.
Psalm 86:15
But Thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
Psalm 111:4
He has made His wonders to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and compassionate.
Psalm 112:4
Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Joel 2:13
And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, And relenting of evil.
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed to the Lord and said, "Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.
New Testament Meaning
Definition
mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them
of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful
of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ
the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life
to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)
Word Usage - Total: 39
compassion 2, mercy 25, feel compassion 2, felt compassion 7, moved with compassion 2, take pity 1
Matthew 9:13
"But go and learn what this means, 'I desire COMPASSION, and not sacrifice,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 12:7
"But if you had known what this means, 'I desire COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
Matthew 23:23
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need.
James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
1Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Matthew 9:36
And seeing the multitudes, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 14:14
And when He went ashore, He saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Matthew15:32
And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the multitude, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not wish to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."
Matthew 18:27
"And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 20:34
And moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.
Mark 1:41
And moved with compassion, He stretched out His hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."
Mark 6:34
And when He went ashore, He saw a great multitude, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
Mark 8:2
"I feel compassion for the multitude because they have remained with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat;
Mark 9:22
"And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"
Luke 7:13
And when the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
Luke 10:33
"But a certain Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
Luke 15:20
"And he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him, and kissed him.
Definition
mercy: kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire to help them
of men towards men: to exercise the virtue of mercy, show one's self merciful
of God towards men: in general providence; the mercy and clemency of God in providing and offering to men salvation by Christ
the mercy of Christ, whereby at his return to judgment he will bless true Christians with eternal life
to be moved as to one's bowels, hence to be moved with compassion, have compassion (for the bowels were thought to be the seat of love and pity)
Word Usage - Total: 39
compassion 2, mercy 25, feel compassion 2, felt compassion 7, moved with compassion 2, take pity 1
Matthew 9:13
"But go and learn what this means, 'I desire COMPASSION, and not sacrifice,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 12:7
"But if you had known what this means, 'I desire COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent.
Matthew 23:23
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need.
James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
1Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Matthew 9:36
And seeing the multitudes, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 14:14
And when He went ashore, He saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.
Matthew15:32
And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the multitude, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not wish to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."
Matthew 18:27
"And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 20:34
And moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.
Mark 1:41
And moved with compassion, He stretched out His hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."
Mark 6:34
And when He went ashore, He saw a great multitude, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
Mark 8:2
"I feel compassion for the multitude because they have remained with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat;
Mark 9:22
"And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!"
Luke 7:13
And when the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
Luke 10:33
"But a certain Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
Luke 15:20
"And he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him, and kissed him.
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