Moved with Compassion
Derek Prince
Published: 2008
Last Updated: July 2026
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When a leper desperately pleaded with Jesus, the Lord was moved by a compassion that came from His very core. This profound, gut-level response prompted an immediate miracle, revealing the true depth of God's love for the broken.
How is compassion portrayed in Scripture? Let’s look at an incident from the first chapter of Mark.
“Now a leper came to Him [Jesus], imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, ‘If You are willing, You can make me clean.’ Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, ‘I am willing; be cleansed.’ As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.” (Mark 1:40–42)
It says that Jesus was “moved with compassion.” This response refers to the bowels—compassion is a gut feeling. The King James Version refers to the “bowels of compassion” (1 John 3:17). The “bowels of compassion” are where our deepest feelings lie—not in the physical heart, but in the gut. This is where it all begins. This is the source of everything.
*Prayer Response
Thank You, Lord, that You care so much. I proclaim that just as Jesus was moved with compassion, I want to respond in the same way in the deepest, innermost part of me. As a father has compassion on his children, so God has compassion on me. Amen.
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