When
He Saw The Crowds, He Had Compassion On Them
Because
They Were Confused And Helpless,
Like
Sheep Without A Shepherd.
Scripture
Matthew
9
35 Jesus
traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in
the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he
healed every kind of disease and illness.
36 When he
saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused
and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
38 So pray
to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more
workers into his fields.”
Observation
When
you are in a crowd of people do you ever stop and think about their
spiritual condition? Yesterday, I was in a large crowd, and it
happened to be at our church!
Easter
Sunday is always a great opportunity for the church to shine and open
its doors to people who might not normally attend church on a regular
basis!
I
don't know about your church, but I think our church did an excellent
job yesterday of reaching out and showing love and compassion to the
crowd.
Yesterday
during the worship service, I prayed and I asked God to work in the
hearts of everyone that attended the service. I remember Pastor
Bruce's Dad, Dr. Waylon B. Moore, telling the men in our small group
that the first thing we need to do when we get into church is to pray
for God to work in the hearts of those attending. When he said that
in our group last year I made a mental note in my head, “Eddy,
you've got to start doing that!”
So
the next time we are in a crowd lets pray for them and let's also ask
the Lord of the harvest to send more workers into His fields to reach
them.
My
heart goes out to the believers in Sri Lanka who were killed
yesterday and others who suffered injuries at the hands of the
terrorists, but my heart is even more broken over the multitudes in
Sri Lanka who do not know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Application
I
will pray for the lost and have compassion on them and I will ask the
Lord of the harvest to send more workers into His fields.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for the Easter crowd yesterday at our church. I
pray that You send workers to reach them. I pray that many of them
will return this coming Sunday. I pray that many of them would place
their trust and faith in Jesus for their salvation. Have compassion
on them, Lord, have compassion on them! Lord, You are worthy of all
praise! You are worthy!
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 25,26; Psalm 63; Matthew 9
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