choose to love unselfishly

I don’t want to miss a day. Thus, I remind you that this coming Monday is February 14th. Valentine’s Day.

You might think it is an awesome day full of reminders of those you love and good feelings. Lots of good stuff, right? Well, some people don’t see it that way.

Valentine’s Day reminds some people of loss, struggle, feeling of being alone and so much more. Those feelings are very real and painful. What can we do to change that in someone’s life.

Philippians 4:6-7 NASB

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Help others. Look out for others.

It is easy to be selfish and to think less of others. But what is real love? What is serving others? Literally is thinking less of us and more of them. It is doing something that seems unnatural to help someone else be stronger and know they are valued.

That is where real love, God’s kind of love comes in to play.

What will you do in the coming days to let those who don’t think they are loved know they are loved?

John 15:12 NASB

“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

We are commanded to love, but make sure that showing love for others is genuine.

Romans 13:8 NASB

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.

Debt kills. That is not just money or financial debt. It is the kind of debt when we do things with wrong motives. Choose to love people because you see their value and choose to honor that person.

John 15:13 NASB

Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.

We love best when we love like God loves us. Know you are loved. Help others know they are loved. That is the greatest kind, the best kind, of love. It is unconditional!

1 John 4:19 NASB

We love, because He first loved us.

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

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