I have been preaching on these attitudes during the Sunday evening services. They are sure challenging my soul. The Lord s work can only succeed when these attitudes are evident among God s servants. The first is the attitude of Commitment . It is the quality of tenaciously pursuing to the very end, with heart and soul, what we have pledged to pursue.
True commitment involves consistency, initiative and determination.
Whether marriage, business, sports or the church these qualities are necessary for any degree of success. The second is the attitude of Compassion . When Jesus Christ saw the multitudes He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. The Father s compassion on us as people is what generated the Father s love and burden for lost sinners. The greater the compassion found among Christians the greater the burden found for lost sinners.