Offering Sympathy

Offering Sympathy Meets Two Human Needs
by Rick Warren
“As holy people . . . be sympathetic, kind, humble, gentle, and patient.” Colossians 3:12 (GWT)
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In real fellowship people experience sympathy. Sympathy is not giving advice or offering quick, cosmetic help; sympathy is entering in and sharing the pain of others.
Sympathy says, “I understand what [...]

Verse of the Day Psalm 23:1-6

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear [...]