[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] How you can love the unlovely - Senior Living Ministries

[Eric Calhoun]

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From: "TONY - Family of Faith" <familyoffaith at tampabay.rr.com>
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Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] How you can love the unlovely - Senior Living
Ministries
Date: 
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:49:42 -0400




           
             
              Your neighbor is anyone you come in contact with-the
grocery store clerk, the person waiting behind you in line, the cable guy,
or the plumber who charges extra on the weekends. We don't choose the
people God brings across our paths. He usually puts people in our way to
whom He wants us to show His love.

            Even if their culture, lifestyle, personality, or religion is
different, God says these differences are exactly why we should try harder
to show His love.   
                 
                         
                        Love your neighbor as yourself.
                        - Matthew 19:19 
                       
                 
                 
                 
            Even in sticky relationships, we are to love others, which
shows others God's love. First John 4:20 says, "If anyone says, 'I love
God,' yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his
brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen."

            In today's society, people are pushy and oftentimes downright
nasty in their attitudes and actions. But even when those people have
seriously annoyed or offended you, there is little excuse for treating them
with disrespect. Christ walked among prostitutes, thieves, and
hypocrites-yet their lives were changed by His love. As a believer, you
have the power to show the same kind of transforming love to your
neighbors.

            Prayer Challenge
            Ask God to create in your heart a love for the unlovable and
to see others through His eyes. Pray for those who come across your path
who are uneasy to love, that Christ may change their hearts.
             
           
             
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