14 Days of God's Love - Compliment Someone

Today we are going to challenge you.  We want you to compliment as many people as you can today!  Family, friends and strangers alike...hand out the compliments like they are a matter of life or death!  The words we speak bring life, or they bring death (Proverbs 18:21).  Fill your day with life giving words...then report back to us about your day!

Below is something you can print out and post somewhere in your house, on a bulletin board at work, on the bathroom wall at the grocery store, at the post office, gas station.... get creative.  Choose the one that works for you...cut along dotted lines (don't cut the strips off) and post somewhere!  Send us pics!

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14 Days of God's Love - Love Yourself

Loving yourself… for some of you that may be hard to do, because your not seeing yourself as God sees you.  You may look at yourself and see ugly, sin, past mistakes and failures.  You might not feel like you are good enough, worthy enough, pretty enough, smart enough and so on.

      God says you are beautiful and precious in His sight.  He made  you worthy, righteous and accepted through His Son, Jesus.   He knows about all of your past, present and future sins.  There’s nothing that surprises Him about you,  yet He still loves you the same.  As a matter of fact ,  He loves you the same yesterday, today and forever.  Nothing you can do will make Him love you any more or any less.

 

     In Psalms 103:12  it says that as far as the east is from the west, He will remember your sins no more. The Lord forgives us and forgets our sin. We need to let go of the past, forgive ourselves and see ourselves the way He sees us : worthy, righteous, accepted, beautiful and mighty!  If your having a challenge loving yourself then I dare you to look at yourself in the mirror daily, and say God loves me unconditionally therefore I will love myself!   By doing this, you will begin to see yourself as He sees you, “a daughter of the King”  and you’ll begin to love yourself.

     ….and keep in mind that He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.   Philippians 1:6

14 Days of God's Love - Love Your Enemies

The Bible tells us that we are to love our enemies.  “Love my enemies?”, you might say, “but you don’t know what he/she did to me!”  Jesus clearly says in Matthew 5:44 "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"  Yes, it’s difficult to love them and pray for them. Our enemies have hurt us because they lie to us, call us names, gossip about us, steal from us, and endless other things that are not edifying to our soul. Joyce Meyer said "God requires us to love people, even when we don't like them."

     Several years ago, a new girl started coming to a church I attended during my time in Destin, FL  She was not only new to my church, but she was new to the area.   I befriended her and did as much as I could to make her feel welcomed.  We soon became good friends, however, it was not long before she betrayed me.  I was devastated.  In my heart, I knew I was suppose to forgive her,love her ,and pray for her, but it was hard.  I did began to pray for her and had to confess that the love of God be shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost over and over. Every time I thought about her I made this confession until eventually, the hurt went away. Doing this allowed me to reach a place of love, forgiveness, and acceptance rather than remain in anger. I soon found myself walking in love towards her once again.

     It wasn’t long after that that she came to me crying and apologized for hurting me.  She told me that she looked up to me and that I was such an inspiration to her.  She couldn't understand how I could still be nice to her after what she had done. I told her  the love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Ghost.

 He loves and forgives US, therefore we can love and forgive our enemies.  Pray for those who persecute you. Pray for their lives and their families. Pray for their well-being and their happiness. No, it means nothing to them, but it will to God, and it will to you.  Let go of your hurt and watch God move on your behalf!

14 Days of God's Love - Love Others

Micah 6:8 tells us exactly how to treat others....justly, with mercy, and humbly. Well, what does that mean exactly? It might help to see how God treats us and we in turn can treat others the same.

ACT JUSTLY  We have all encountered people who have been abused in some way or another. It is our job to see that justice is done in their lives. No, that doesn't mean head to the courthouse. It means see to it that their lives are filled with Jesus. When Jesus takes over, there is nothing that can hold them back, keep them down, and no past that can steal their joy. When we show them the love that Jesus showed us, they too will desire the same.  

LOVE MERCY   You've experienced it, whether pressured by others or by yourself, the need to be perfect can be a daunting task. We cannot be that pressure in someone else's life. People will fail. We fail God daily. He still loves us no matter the sin. We must act in love toward others, no matter their faults. As Christians we accept every person....not every person's actions.

WALK HUMBLY    Putting ourselves above others is not walking in love for others, but love for oneself. We are all one bad decision away from devastation. We are no better than the homeless, we've just made better choices. God loves them just as much as He loves us.