This is why Jesus instituted the “Lord’s Supper”. The interaction is really where true love is expressed. As men, we need to show them that by taking them to do things that they like to do, or by stopping what we are doing to talk with them or to dance with them. For instance, a woman always feels a need to be cherished. Sometimes it is better to do something that says, “I love you” than saying it. Really, though, it needs to come from the heart. Many times it just feels like it should be said. People feel love when it is really expressed. We have all received gifts or honors because “it was the right thing to do.” You just can’t feel love from someone when they are doing something good for you because “it is the right thing to do”. It is the very least we can do considering the grace and mercy God has given us through Christ’s death. And in all circumstances, show them love no matter what. We need to pray throughout the day for those who persecute us. He is always knocking, hoping that the unsaved will answer. God has never stopped seeking the hearts of man, even in the “self-fulfilling” world we live in. This is a reflection on Jesus’s words in Matthew 5:44 when He says, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Romans 12:14 says, bless those who persecute you bless and do not curse them. Yes, the ones who persecute you need Jesus more than ever. We have to put pride and our reputations down at the cross if we want to truly love others. He spent time with them because He loved them unconditionally. Jesus ate with tax collectors, he talked with prostitutes and spent time with the sick. Seek them and love them for who they are, not for who you want them to be. Seek out someone that God has placed on your heart. Jesus did not spend His time around the saved, but the unsaved. God does this so many times through his flock. In Ezekiel 34:16a, God says, I will seek out the lost, and I will bring back the strayed. When we are thankful for Him, we can really express the love needed to plant the seed into an unbeliever’s heart. In order to really focus on loving others, we have to constantly be aware of how much Jesus loves us by how He laid His life down for us on the cross. Here are 7 practical tips for loving your neighbor as yourself. By way of definition, “neighbor” in this passage refers to anyone who is around us: our actual neighbor or the person at the desk next to us at work. In regards to the second commandment, this love seeks for the greatest good for our neighbor. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The kind of love expressed in both of these laws is agape love. In Matthew 22:36-39, a Pharisee asked Jesus, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And Jesus said to him, “ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Lastly, agape, is the unconditional love that denies “self” for the care and compassion of others. Phileo is brotherly love, which is where the city of Philadelphia derived its name from. In Greek, pornea is the selfish cravings dealing with lust and sexual intercourse outside the bonds of marriage. What does the Bible say about loving your neighbor? What does the Bible say about loving people at all? Love is a big topic in the Bible because it circumferences 3 types of love.
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