how to share Jesus in times like this

John 13:34-35 NLT

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

This Sunday we continued our study in Romans, and we dealt with the ending of chapter 14. This passage also went in line with current events of our world. My prayer is that we learn through God’s love to share our faith with others and to live lives that are an example of God’s goodness.

It is easy to look down on and judge others, but it is also not something that God called us to do. He called us to speak truth and build others up.

Lets call it the law of love like the verses above share. It is not a license to tolerance or to overlook wrongs. It is not an invitation to be judgmental to those who disagree with us and our convictions. It is a mandate to love others the way Jesus loved others.

How did Jesus love? The Scriptures are full of examples of how Jesus loved including how He showed all kinds of emotions. We have the opportunity to share Christ each and every day. There are people we come in contact with who need to come to know God and His love. Many need to accept Jesus as their savior

How do we live and share in such a way that people get to know God? Great question.

Take a few minutes today to examine what Paul said in Romans 14:12-23. Then move to the verses I share next. I believe this would be a great place to start as we desire to share Jesus with the people we meet.

Philippians 2:1-4 NIV

Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Do something that shows others what selfless and others serving love looks like. It will make a difference in your life and for others. Maybe even an eternal difference.

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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....

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