---God's Calling Us to.....

LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS

"Love the LORD your God with
all your heart, all your soul,
all your mind, and all your
strength. The second
command is this: 'Love your
neighbor as you love yourself'
There are no commands more
important than these.' "

MARK 12:30-31 NCV

~~~YOU need to look at people as ones who bear the image of God, who are profoundly valuable. Your message is not to judge them, to get them to stop smoking, to get the rings out of their ears, or even to get them to stop having affairs. That isn't the message. God is not looking to moralize the world; God is looking to restore the world to Himself, and the result will be morality.

People are so desperately hungry for someone who cares, for someone who's interested. When's the last time you told a story and people listened to you all the way through? I mean, who cares when you tell somebody that you've been to the hospital? Nobody's interested in hearing the details for half an hour. I'm convinced that if we learn to appreciate people and take them seriously, our success in personal evangelism will double.

--LARRY CRABB

God's Calling...
FOR ME --

God's calling us to do that which He does, to care deeply for others. Our world needs almost nothing more than it needs us to genuinely care for one another. Not everyone will adopt this example, the question is will you or I?

Calling Out--
~~TO GOD ...

'Lord, set a passion in my heart to care for people. Shape my heart into one that cares deeply for others.'