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Life Signs: Contemporary without Compromise
“We’ve got something so good! We’re gonna show you. Stand in His light, you’ll see It’s gonna shine through; open your heart it’s real and waiting for you…” Point of Grace lyrics from “Something So Good”
Doing for Others Matthew 25:35-36, 40 (New International Version) "For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited Me in, I needed clothes and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you came to visit Me.' "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.' Whoa, that is impressive and exciting all in one! When you do something for someone without asking for anything in return; how does it make you feel? Do you hope that the person will see a need elsewhere and do the same thing? How we treat others in the grocery store, at school, or even on the road, for example says a lot about our Christian maturity. To be more specific, it shows our own security in being Christlike. When we are secure in Christ, we do not feel threatened by the outside world or have to do what everyone is doing. Instead, the outside world is part of the Christian mission field. When we treat someone with love, it is as though we are loving Christ, Himself. This can be an act of worship. Think of anyone who offends you in some way (Christian or not), pray for them. Pray that God will give you a heart of love. In addition, you can demonstrate your concern for them. Pray that the Lord will give you opportunities to do things for Him by acts of kindness toward ‘the least of these.’
1 Corinthians 13 (New International Version) Love “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Types of Love 1)
Eros - known as "erotic love". It is based on strong feelings
toward another. It usually occurs in the first stages of a man-woman
"romantic" relationship. In essence, eros love is "physical", philos love is "mental", and agape love is "spiritual". Thus, it is made up of the three fundamental elements of man: physical, mental and spiritual.
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