Guest HIS girl Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I work at a Christian secondary college and our final year students graduated on Friday. At the school assembly, the school Principal gave a short but insightful speech to the assembly as well as special guests, parents etc. He talked about their future, university, the corporate world, adult life in general and in all of this, being a Christian. He finished by saying that if his students could love the person they were with in that minute, hour, day and that person/people having spent time with you, came away feeling good and postive about themselves and life, then you were actually doing a very important but very overlooked Christian act. Loving the ones you are with - is loving your "neighbour" and fulfilling a major Commandment of God's. In this Walk we are on, we struggle with the notion that we must conqure great feats of Christian Ministry and feel like losers when we constantly "look" for God's Will but seem not to "find" it. It is God's Will for us to love each other, within the Body and out of the Body of Christ. We can fulfill this Commandment everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletprayers Posted December 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted December 1, 2007 AMEN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blien Posted December 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3,050 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 46 Days Won: 3 Joined: 10/02/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/26/1982 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Right on. Amen! This is our reasonable service to the LORD and the 2nd commandment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HIS girl Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Right on. Amen! This is our reasonable service to the LORD and the 2nd commandment. Quite interesting if you look at Matthew 22 v 39 - Jesus says that the second commandment is LIKE the FIRST.............. Matt 22 v 37 Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind." v 38 'This is the first and great commandment. v 39 'And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' v 40 'On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." NKJV These words are HUGE from Jesus and show that God IS Love. To Love God is to love Him with our entire being and to love others is to love them how we love God, to the highest degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted December 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.21 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 1, 2007 There are many verses in the Bible that tells us to love each other. As you mentioned, many look for signs of Gods leading in our lives to do a great work for Him, while all the time, all we need to do is love one another as He loves us. That's it. Nothing more. It is so simple, we often overlook its simplicity for a another work that would require us to complete harder tasks with great sacrifices. Little do we know that the greatest sacrifice is for one to lay down their life for another. Love at its greatest. 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. OneLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HIS girl Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 As we know it's easier said than done BUT it gives me great joy and hope knowing that the Spirit is always WILLING and more than ABLE to help us - 24/7. We just have to push through the barrier of "feeling" like NOT doing it. Although having said that, the more intimate we are with Jesus the more He gives us the capacity to love when love "looks" unloveable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HIS girl Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Busyness is an enemy of Christian living I believe and most times we are too "rushed" to take notice to "love" someone. It's a trap of modern day living. What we class as urgent today was not considered urgent 50 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted December 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.21 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 1, 2007 Busyness is an enemy of Christian living I believe and most times we are too "rushed" to take notice to "love" someone. It's a trap of modern day living. What we class as urgent today was not considered urgent 50 years ago. Were you listening to Focus On The Family??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HIS girl Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 No, I'm at work when that's on!! It's true tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted December 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.21 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 1, 2007 Funny thing then, for that was one of the statements that was said tonight! Verification from the HS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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