THEY’LL
KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE!
Use the terms Christian,
born again, evangelical, and in some circles you
get smirks and doubts about the character of the
person wearing the label. Don’t
worry that those of us who call ourselves believers
know that we are all struggling sinners just like
all the rest, but the world does expect more from
us because the Word of God indicates that when we
accept Christ we are changed. The fact that
we are not to be comparing our faith to other believers
but only to the model of Jesus alone is forgotten
in all of this. The secular world could care less
about that when it is easy to point to those who
have fallen.
As I thought about another
brother in the Lord who recently resigned over an
infidelity issue, it struck me that there must be
ways we can fight back in showing the world that
we are different. Here are some
possibilities to start with some small things:
1. Make sure to let people into traffic (this
includes leaving church)
2. Take at least two (2) shopping carts back into
the store when you arrive
3. Pick up the tab for at least two soldiers,
policemen, or civil servants
4. Ask a pastor, teacher, or priest out to lunch
5. Talk to one of your neighbors you have never
met & find out about their life
6. Attend a church in your community that you
have never been to before
7. Pick up other peoples’ litter & trash
on the sidewalk or on the street
8. Find the person that seems the most down trodden
and talk with them
9. Contact a nursing home and ask if they could
use readers
10. Wash a car; repair a toy; see a problem and
solve it for someone!
This week I ask that you choose
to do one or two of these things and report back
to me in the next few weeks about what happened to
you and those you touched. I promise to keep all
names and events private! Many
of you do these things and more all the time, but they
will not get reported unless we document your work
and actions. I believe the world will see Jesus
thru your life and thru your actions! As my friend
Mike says, “Let your light so shine!”
John 1:4-5 (RSV) “In
him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
has not overcome it.”
Monday Morning
Message Sent 5/24/10
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