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My mind settled again on 1st John 421 today where it says,

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And this commandment we have from him, that the one who loves God should love

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his brother also. Jesus really desired for us to love other Christians and

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really other people in our lives the way God loves us. It's a challenging

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standard really when you think about how awesome God's love is, but this much is

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for sure. He told us with no uncertainty that we ought to love our brother, love

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our neighbor, love others in our lives as God loves us. It does say specifically

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brother there. Here's a basic overarching command for Christian brothers to

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follow. God loves us. He shows us the riches of His grace and mercy and as a

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natural extension of that love, He flows through us to love others. I find in

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myself a need to get it all right. I desire to reach new heights in Jesus, but

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then I screw it up all again. God help me love others so that I can truly be what

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you have made me to be, yours. If you're enjoying these encouragement calls, let

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me give you a blessing you might share with someone else. If you know someone

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who needs these encouragement calls, you can have them text, hashtag that's the

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number sign, hashtag lift me up, all one word, lift me up, L-I-F-T-M-E-U-P, lift me

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up, hashtag lift me up to 22300. So as if 22300 was the phone number, you put

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that in and then type hashtag lift me up and that person will be added to these

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encouragement calls as long as there's room, which right now we don't have a

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waiting list, but there's not a lot of room. But if you know somebody you think

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would be blessed, share it with them. And if I don't talk to you again before then,

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I'm sure I will marry you.