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bluidkiti · 05-16-2014, 11:47 AM

Love Others Willingly
By: Ron Edmondson
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 2 Corinthians 5:16 NIV

If Christ died for us, and if we now live for Him, then our view of others has to change. No longer do we see people through the world’s eyes, but since Christ now lives within us, we see others through the eyes of Christ. Wow, that will change your perspective!

Some people are difficult to love, aren’t they? By the standards of this world, we often have categories for the people we encounter. Some people are more acceptable than others, when we approach life from this world view. I recall preaching recently at a nearby jail. As I preached to the men on the other side of the bars I was humbled to remember that God loves them as much as He love me. I began to reflect on some of the things I have done wrong in my life, and yet how wonderfully God has accepted me.

Thankfully God has a forgetting heart. The Bible says He throws our sins into the “sea of forgetfullness”. God has allowed us, however, to remember the sins He has forgotten. I think He does this so that we will never forget how gracious He has been to us.

When we consider God’s grace and mercy applied to our lives, how can we not look at others and apply the same forgiveness? How can we not look at them through the eyes of Christ?

Dear God, help us today to apply the principle of grace to those around us, to see others through Your perspective, and help us to love and forgive as we have been loved and forgiven.

MajestyJo · 06-01-2014, 12:20 AM

“Forgiveness is freeing up
and putting to better use
the energy once consumed by holding grudges,
harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds.

It is rediscovering the strengths
we always had and relocating our limitless capacity
to understand and accept other people and ourselves."
Sidney and Suzanne Simon
“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart…
forgiveness saves the expense of anger,
the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.”
Hannah More

"We would not have to forgive people
if we didn't judge them in the first place."
Barry Neil Kaufman

05-16-2014, 11:47 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 73,960	Love Others Willingly Love Others Willingly By: Ron Edmondson So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 2 Corinthians 5:16 NIV If Christ died for us, and if we now live for Him, then our view of others has to change. No longer do we see people through the world’s eyes, but since Christ now lives within us, we see others through the eyes of Christ. Wow, that will change your perspective! Some people are difficult to love, aren’t they? By the standards of this world, we often have categories for the people we encounter. Some people are more acceptable than others, when we approach life from this world view. I recall preaching recently at a nearby jail. As I preached to the men on the other side of the bars I was humbled to remember that God loves them as much as He love me. I began to reflect on some of the things I have done wrong in my life, and yet how wonderfully God has accepted me. Thankfully God has a forgetting heart. The Bible says He throws our sins into the “sea of forgetfullness”. God has allowed us, however, to remember the sins He has forgotten. I think He does this so that we will never forget how gracious He has been to us. When we consider God’s grace and mercy applied to our lives, how can we not look at others and apply the same forgiveness? How can we not look at them through the eyes of Christ? Dear God, help us today to apply the principle of grace to those around us, to see others through Your perspective, and help us to love and forgive as we have been loved and forgiven. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

06-01-2014, 12:20 AM	#2
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	“Forgiveness is freeing up and putting to better use the energy once consumed by holding grudges, harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds. It is rediscovering the strengths we always had and relocating our limitless capacity to understand and accept other people and ourselves." Sidney and Suzanne Simon “Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” Hannah More "We would not have to forgive people if we didn't judge them in the first place." Barry Neil Kaufman __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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