This document discusses how exposure to suffering through social media can desensitize people and make it easier not to care. It notes that true compassion demands action, citing several Bible passages where Jesus showed compassion by healing people. It argues that to say you care but not act is to not really care, and that focusing on Jesus and what he cares about leads to compassion that interrupts one's life, costs something, and changes lives.

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4. We’re More Obsessed
With Ourselves

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9. Overwhelming Exposure
To Suffering
Desensitises Us

10. Lack Of In-Person
Interaction Makes It
Easier Not To Care

11. True Compassion
Demands Action

12. Mark Chapter 1 Verses 40 - 41
‘A man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus,
begging to be healed. “If you are willing, you can heal me
and make me clean,” he said. Moved with compassion,
Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said.
“Be healed!”’

13. Matthew Chapter 14 Verse 14
‘Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat,
and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.’

14. Matthew Chapter 20 Verse 34
‘Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes.
Immediately they received their sight and followed him.’

15. To Say You Care And
Not Act Is To Not Care

16. The more we obsess over
social media, the more we
obsess about ourselves.
The more we obsess about
Jesus, the more we obsess
about what he cares about.

17. Compassion Interrupts
Compassion Costs
Compassion Changes Lives