https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=1922 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=1922#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2020 03:49:33 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/?p=1922

How do You Impact Others? Notice how people around you impact the room. Some are invisible. Some are trying to be the most visible. Some people have the gift of discerning what is wrong with almost everything. With still others, things seem to work better when they are around. The tone of a group changes whenever anyone enters or leaves. So what changes when you walk in the room? God’s plan is for His people to be room-changers.   Jesus was Motivated by Compassion. Jesus often saw and felt people’s pain. People’s pain caused Jesus to act. The Bible calls this dynamic compassion. By the time Jesus came ashore, a massive crowd was waiting. At the sight of them, his heart was filled with compassion, because they seemed like wandering sheep who had no shepherd. So he taught them many things. (TPV Mark 6:34). 36 When he saw the vast crowds of people, Jesus’ heart was deeply moved with compassion, because they seemed weary and helpless, like wandering sheep without a shepherd. 37 He turned to his disciples and said, “The harvest is huge and ripe! But there are not enough harvesters to bring it all in. 38 As you go, plead with the Owner of the Harvest to thrust out many more reapers to harvest his grain!”  (TPV Matthew 9:36-38). God’s plan is for His people to bring change. This is why He created the compassion dynamic.

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