Day 17

God wants you to love people, but that doesn’t mean you have to love the world’s value system..
It’s so easy to get caught up in the distractions of life – materialism, pleasure, popularity, prestige, passion, possessions, & position..
But God wants you to love people by taking an interest in their interests – what’s important to GOD should be your only focus..
Expressions of God’s Love in our Relationships.
We show God’s love in our relationships every time when we choose to:
– Reach out to seek to resolve interpersonal conflicts, to forgive wholeheartedly, to refrain from holding a grudge and malice, anger, and bitterness.
– Encourage and build up, instead of criticizing, complaining, and hurting.
– Give hope and be proclaimers of the good news, of God’s love and kindness.
– Bind up and bring healing with our words and actions, not hurt.
– Not to enslave, manipulate, force, control and abuse others.
– Assure others in God’s love and in our love.
– Establish healthy boundaries in our relationships. To show and communicate clearly what we accept and what not. What we want to give and what not.
– Tell the truth with love. To confront each other, when necessary.
– Separate ourselves from evil.
– Bring joy, to comfort through the Word of God.
– Say words and take action that builds up, and not destroy.
– Bless and pray for others.
– Share time and resources with others in these boundaries, in which we want and we are able to.
We are born of love and created for love.
We are designed to become living examples of the love of God.
“Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.…..”(Romans 13:8‬)