We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other…If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 1 John 3:14, 17
“Spiritual awakening is…accompanied by the blossoming of a generous heart…There is something fundamentally wrong with claiming to love God without a passion to love people–some close at hand in your daily life and some a world away.”
Wess Stafford, president and CEO of Compassion International in Just A Minute: In the Heart of a Child, One Moment Can Last Forever (Colorado Springs: Compassion International, 2012) 128.