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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Love God; Love Your Neighbor; Find JOY!



            Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Check to see if your neighbors need to borrow some of yours!  Odds are…they do!
 
            In Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus tells us to “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’  This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

            What does it mean to "love your neighbor as yourself"?  That’s one of those “jewels of joy” that I like to talk about!  We are to treat others the way we want to be treated!  Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, whether they have the same skin color or different ethnicity…God loves us all, and WE should follow His example!  That’s not always easy to do, is it?  Especially when:

  • They don’t believe the same way we do about things
  • When they hurt our children or family members
  • When they criticize us or make ungodly decisions that affect us and our family
 Friends, the fact is, we can’t always love our neighbor as ourselves if we try to do it in our own strength!  While some people are easy to love, others are a true challenge. That’s when we must allow Jesus to love through us.  Let’s stay steeped in the Word of God and pray continually so that we will know His will in every situation.  We can’t change people, but God can change our hearts. 

     Share this “jewel of joy”.  Let the JOY of Jesus shine on you, in you and through you…..as you allow Him to love others through you!


             

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