Speak Up for the Voiceless – Proverbs 31:8-9
Many people in the world today have no voice in what happens to them. Will you be a voice for the voiceless and speak up in their behalf?
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. (2 Cor. 4:7 NIV)
Many people in the world today have no voice in what happens to them. Will you be a voice for the voiceless and speak up in their behalf?
Don’t be content with your love for other believers. Let it grow. Never stop growing in your love for others within the body of Christ.
Our initial reaction to being wronged is to think, I’ll pay them back. But, as God’s people, we should love them instead and seek their good.
Jesus called Zacchaeus to come down and spend time with him. And it changed his life. How many today would respond to such kindness from us?
In response to the question “Who is my neighbor”, Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. Our neighbor is anyone that we can help.
Jesus told us the greatest command is to love God with all that we are and others as ourselves. Let your love make a difference in the world.
Grumbling, or complaining, is all too common in our churches today. But James tells us to don’t grumble. Instead look to build others up.
Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonian church is that they would be ever increasing in their love for each other. An active love.
Jesus promises that if, as God’s children, we ask, we will receive. If we seek, we will find. And if we knock, the door will be opened.
Jesus call to love our enemies is indeed a challenging one. But he calls us to rise above the rest of the world and to be like our Father.