Four students agreed to give a personal witness to friends at least once. Two students with musical talent said they would join the gospel team run by the youth group, and one young man said he would go with a mission team the next summer. In answer to the first question, Mr. Baker explained that the amount of compassion a person has is a result of early training in the family. The oldest child tends to be giving and the youngest child or an only child tends to be more self-centered and a taker. It was also the result of the type of parents you have.
Some parents are givers and some are takers.
Since love comes from God and is part of the fruit of the Spirit, the results of an adverse home background and a selfish self-centered personality can be drastically changed by being filled with the Holy Spirit. In answer to the second question, he said that while compassion should be the theme of every ministry, not all compassionate action brings immediate results. Missionaries and preachers often do not see immediate life-changing results. So it is with some of our own deeds. One can be sure that love with compassion will make an eternal difference.