Love Next Door
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Loving our neighbors is a display of God’s love for all of us.
Loving our neighbors is a display of God’s love for all of us.
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28 One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29 Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord.
30 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’
31 The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
32 The teacher of religious law replied, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth by saying that there is only one God and no other.
33 And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”
34 Realizing how much the man understood, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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You can’t model God’s character without having a heart of love.
You can’t model God’s character without having a heart of love.
7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
The very nature of God is love. The opposite of love is hate. If you don’t have a heart of love, then the reality is that there is hatred in your heart.
Love softens the heart. Hate hardens it. Love brings joy to the heart. Hate brings anger and bitterness.
The primary gauge for the condition of your heart is how you treat others. You can say you love people, but if you are impatient, judgmental, prideful, angry, and annoyed with others, then there is probably some hate in your heart that you need to deal with. Your relationship with God is probably also suffering, because love comes from God.
What is your general attitude towards people? Not just people that you get along with, but the people that are difficult to be around?
True love of God and others is more than just emotional feeling.
True love of God and others is more than just emotional feeling.
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.
2 Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.
3 My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
4 I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.
5 I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.
6 I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
7 Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die.
8 Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.
When your going through a dry spell, it is easy to think that God doesn’t care. He doesn’t love me. My friends and neighbors don’t love me.
We are emotional beings and sometimes it is hard to separate our emotions from reality. We must learn not to operate, make decisions, or rush to judgement when our emotions are high.
Emotions are temporary. They come and go given enough time.
Never make permanent decisions on temporary feelings.
Never make permanent decisions on temporary feelings.
Our enemy will try to get us to give into our feelings. Dry spells are temporary. The rain will come. The thirsty will be quenched. Don’t buy into the lie.
To understand how we should love our neighbor, we must look at how much we love ourselves.
To understand how we should love our neighbor, we must look at how much we love ourselves.
When we’re hungry, we eat; when we’re dirty, we bathe; when we’re cold, we clothe ourselves. We don’t deprive ourselves of any of these necessities, generally speaking, because we are caring for our bodies and minds.
Take a look at this video that shows a great example of how to love our neighbors.
Do you love your neighbor enough to leave your wedding?
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