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For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.<\/em> Two words in the English language are often confused and, therefore, misused:\u00a0sympathize<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0empathize<\/em>.\u00a0Sympathy<\/em>\u00a0literally means \u201cto suffer with.\u201d Sympathy is expressed by feelings of pity or sorrow for someone\u2019s suffering. You may not understand what the person is experiencing, but you feel badly for them. To empathize goes a step further.\u00a0Empathy<\/em>\u00a0means \u201cto understand and share in the suffering of another because you have experienced the same suffering yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n Jesus expressed both sympathy and empathy. He was \u201cmoved with compassion\u201d when He observed the spiritual condition of people\u2014they were like \u201csheep having no shepherd\u201d (Matthew 9:36). This was not something Jesus had experienced Himself, but He sympathized with the suffering of others. But when it comes to the suffering we experience in temptation, Jesus can empathize with us because \u201cHe Himself has suffered, being tempted.\u201d Having experienced the same suffering, He knows how to come to our aid.<\/p>\n You are not alone when you are tempted. Jesus knows what you are experiencing. As He escaped temptation Himself, He will guide you through to victory over sin.<\/p>\n Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. Hebrews 2:18 Two words in the English language are often confused and, therefore, misused:\u00a0sympathize\u00a0and\u00a0empathize.\u00a0Sympathy\u00a0literally means \u201cto suffer with.\u201d Sympathy is expressed by feelings of pity or sorrow for someone\u2019s suffering. You may not understand what the … Continue reading “Turning Point – Devotion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191780,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191777\/revisions\/191780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHebrews 2:18<\/strong><\/p>\n