What did Jesus hear?
He heard that John the Baptist had been beheaded.
In His grief He needed some time and space to Himself.
But the people followed on foot.
When Jesus saw the people, how many they were, and their needs, He put their needs ahead of His own and ministered to them.
He did this out of the compassion of His heart.
Compassion turns our focus from our own need to the needs around us.
Compassion also brings healing.
How can we expect to move mountains and bring healing to the lives of others if we don’t first have compassion for them?
Jesus moved in compassion.
His compassion allowed Him to put aside His own need for privacy and space to attend to the people.
And He healed the sick as He was moved with compassion for them.
Do we truly have compassion for those around us?
Does our compassion for them move us to set aside our own needs to attend to theirs?
 Our compassion, our true and genuine compassion, will allow us to speak healing into the lives around us.

What did Jesus hear?
He heard that John the Baptist had been beheaded.
In His grief He needed some time and space to Himself.
But the people followed on foot.
When Jesus saw the people, how many they were, and their needs, He put their needs ahead of His own and ministered to them.
He did this out of the compassion of His heart.
Compassion turns our focus from our own need to the needs around us.
Compassion also brings healing.
How can we expect to move mountains and bring healing to the lives of others if we don’t first have compassion for them?
Jesus moved in compassion.
His compassion allowed Him to put aside His own need for privacy and space to attend to the people.
And He healed the sick as He was moved with compassion for them.
Do we truly have compassion for those around us?
Does our compassion for them move us to set aside our own needs to attend to theirs?
 Our compassion, our true and genuine compassion, will allow us to speak healing into the lives around us.