Hello Everyone,
OK everyone. Before we get into today's topic, I want to tell you what I've seen in the last week. I thought I was pretty good about not bragging on myself and yet I caught myself doing it three times that I remember in the last seven days! The latest time was just this morning to a friend of mine and I was bragging about this blog! That's completely ridiculous because I strive to write what the Lord tells me and so I can't take credit for any of this. I have been before the Lord and asked for forgiveness. So let me encourage you to watch what you are doing this week and see if there are any areas were you can improve.
So let's get on to today's love topic which is love does not dishonor others. So what does this mean? Dishonor is means to bring on shame or disgrace. Now this an interesting topic to me because there is a big difference between bringing shame on a person and telling someone about an inappropriate action. As a parent, it's my job to train my children so when I tell them about something they have done wrong, I am not trying to bring dishonor on them. I'm trying to keep them from getting hurt.
That's exactly what God does with us. We know He is Love so everything He does is based in Love. When He tells you not to do something, He's trying to keep you from getting hurt. For instance, when He says that we should not steal, it's because He knows the effect it will have on us both in this world and in the spiritual realm. But let me be very clear on something - He IS NOT shaming us as a person. He's trying to correct our actions. He knows that these actions will get us hurt and He loves us too much to see us get hurt if He can correct us.
What does that tell me? In order to determine if you are walking in love in this area, examine your heart and check your actions. Notice again that this definition of Love is an action word. It's still not a feeling. When we have to correct someone, are we being clear that we love them and they are valuable? Are we being clear that they are extremely valuable? If so, then correction is coming the right way. If not, then we have to change the way we correct someone.
The other point I want to discuss is something a little more obvious. When we talk about people are we bringing dishonor on them? Even if they never hear us, it doesn't change that what we said or do is not walking in Love. If you are an American and a Christian, are you saying bad things about our current president? Did you say bad things about our last president? I am not telling you that you should support what they do or what they believe. It's OK to disagree with that but if you are saying bad things about their character, then you are not walking in love.
The worst thing about this type of problem is when we are not walking in Love, it stops faith from working in our lives because the Bible says, faith works by Love. So when we speak badly about someone who isn't around, we aren't really hurting them because they may never even know it. Unfortunately, we are hampering our faith in our own lives. It's time we all start walking in Love more and allowing our faith to produce the great results in our lives that we all desire.
That's another Opinion of the Minion
OK everyone. Before we get into today's topic, I want to tell you what I've seen in the last week. I thought I was pretty good about not bragging on myself and yet I caught myself doing it three times that I remember in the last seven days! The latest time was just this morning to a friend of mine and I was bragging about this blog! That's completely ridiculous because I strive to write what the Lord tells me and so I can't take credit for any of this. I have been before the Lord and asked for forgiveness. So let me encourage you to watch what you are doing this week and see if there are any areas were you can improve.
So let's get on to today's love topic which is love does not dishonor others. So what does this mean? Dishonor is means to bring on shame or disgrace. Now this an interesting topic to me because there is a big difference between bringing shame on a person and telling someone about an inappropriate action. As a parent, it's my job to train my children so when I tell them about something they have done wrong, I am not trying to bring dishonor on them. I'm trying to keep them from getting hurt.
That's exactly what God does with us. We know He is Love so everything He does is based in Love. When He tells you not to do something, He's trying to keep you from getting hurt. For instance, when He says that we should not steal, it's because He knows the effect it will have on us both in this world and in the spiritual realm. But let me be very clear on something - He IS NOT shaming us as a person. He's trying to correct our actions. He knows that these actions will get us hurt and He loves us too much to see us get hurt if He can correct us.
What does that tell me? In order to determine if you are walking in love in this area, examine your heart and check your actions. Notice again that this definition of Love is an action word. It's still not a feeling. When we have to correct someone, are we being clear that we love them and they are valuable? Are we being clear that they are extremely valuable? If so, then correction is coming the right way. If not, then we have to change the way we correct someone.
The other point I want to discuss is something a little more obvious. When we talk about people are we bringing dishonor on them? Even if they never hear us, it doesn't change that what we said or do is not walking in Love. If you are an American and a Christian, are you saying bad things about our current president? Did you say bad things about our last president? I am not telling you that you should support what they do or what they believe. It's OK to disagree with that but if you are saying bad things about their character, then you are not walking in love.
The worst thing about this type of problem is when we are not walking in Love, it stops faith from working in our lives because the Bible says, faith works by Love. So when we speak badly about someone who isn't around, we aren't really hurting them because they may never even know it. Unfortunately, we are hampering our faith in our own lives. It's time we all start walking in Love more and allowing our faith to produce the great results in our lives that we all desire.
That's another Opinion of the Minion
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