{"id":1917,"date":"2025-01-04T00:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T08:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2025-01-02T19:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T03:22:05","slug":"planting-spiritual-seeds-day-4-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-4-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 4-Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 4-Compassion
\nFinally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.<\/em> 1Peter3:8 NIV<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is Compassion
\nThe dictionary defines Compassion as a sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it<\/p>\n

Our Lord is very compassionate, and He wants us to show compassion to others also.
\nBut when He [Jesus] saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.<\/em> Matthew 9:36 NKJV<\/p>\n

Can you think of someone to whom you show compassion to today? Perhaps it is someone you know or just a stranger on the street. Whoever it is let your heart go out to them in their distress and offer a kind word of some kind. Perhaps just a smile or hug to show you care, or even better a scripture offering them hope would give them some strength.<\/p>\n

This would be a good scripture verse to write out and stick in your pocket to share with someone today:
\n“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”<\/em> 1Peter 5:7 NLT<\/p>\n

SGLY Ministry \u00a92025www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 4-Compassion Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 1Peter3:8 NIV Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is Compassion The dictionary defines Compassion as a sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it Our Lord is very compassionate, and He wants us to show…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906],"tags":[774,542,851,3,194,2912,853,401,775,2907,30,32,2920],"class_list":["post-1917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-1peter-38","tag-1peter-57","tag-compassion","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-humble","tag-january-2025","tag-like-minded","tag-love-one-another","tag-matthew-936","tag-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-sympathetic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Compassion-Isaiah-54.10.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1961,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-18-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":1917,"position":0},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 18\u2014Love","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 18\u2014Love \u00a0\u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others] Jesus--Matthew 22:39 AMP Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Love Today we will be planting Love Seeds, wherever we go today we will focus on loving our neighbors as we love\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Planting Spiritual Seeds"","block_context":{"text":"Planting Spiritual Seeds","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/planting-spiritual-seeds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Love-Matthew-22_39-.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1992,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-28-uplift\/","url_meta":{"origin":1917,"position":1},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 28\u2014Uplift","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 28\u2014Uplift Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the right time he may lift you up.1Peter 5:6 CJB Today\u2019s Seed is: Uplift Today we will be uplifting seeds that have been planted, perhaps they are drooping spiritually and need a boost of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Planting Spiritual Seeds"","block_context":{"text":"Planting Spiritual Seeds","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/planting-spiritual-seeds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Uplift-1Peter-5.6.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1964,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-19-mercy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1917,"position":2},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 19–Mercy","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 19--Mercy \u00a0Be merciful (responsive, compassionate, tender) just as your [heavenly] Father is merciful.\u00a0 Luke 6:36 AMP Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Mercy \u201cBe merciful just as your heavenly Father is.\u201d That is our goal today as we go out planting seeds of Mercy. 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