Hey Forever GodGirl, I'm your host Iz, and welcome
or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl Podcast
in today's episode We will talk about intentionally
loving and serving others just like Christ did
loving and serving others Yeah, no loving and
serving others doesn't mean letting people walk
all over you It just means acting like Christ
to the people around you. Oh, well to be honest,
that's still pretty hard to do I mean, why do
we intentionally love and serve others anyways?
Hmm. That's a good question and we all struggle
with this but in Mark 10 verse 45 It says for
even the Son of Man came not to be served but
to serve and to give his life as a ransom for
many. Let me start off by saying that the love
Jesus showed to us is agape love and the love
that we should show to others as well as ourselves
is also agape love. Isn't agape love the highest
holiest and purest form of love? Correct. And
as humans, we can't intentionally love and serve
others without God's agape love. So the first
thing we need to know is if we're going to intentionally
love and serve others just like Christ did, we
can't do it in our own strength. We have to do
it in God's strength. That's right. We love because
God first loved us. And whenever we serve others,
it's not just unto - the other person, but it's
also unto God. Wow, that actually reminds me
of a scripture, Colossians 3 verse 23 in the
easy English Bible translation, which says, whatever
things you are doing, do them well. Remember
that you are serving the Lord. You are not only
serving people. Correct. This scripture is such
an encouragement, especially when we don't want
to do something, which brings me into the next
thing we got to talk about. What do we do when
we don't necessarily have the attitude and the
want to love and serve others? Well, when we
don't feel like being kind and using the fruit
of the spirit, God wants us to come to Him. But
when I'm having a bad attitude, doesn't God want
me to work it out before I pray? I used to think
this too, so I understand you. But no, God actually
wants us to come to Him because He will work
it out of us. He fixes us, not ourselves. Because
when we go down to pray, we take all of our burdens,
bad attitudes, and icky feelings, lay it at His
feet, and then rise up in faith. That way, we
can radiate his agape love. Okay, great, but
some people are hard to love, let alone serve.
Why would I want to waste my time serving someone
who's mean to me? Okay, I do see where you're
coming from, but if we keep thinking about it
in that perspective... that person is going to
be even more difficult to love and serve. So
firstly, change your perspective about that person.
Look at them through the lens of Christ. And
secondly, forgive them, because especially when
people are mean to us, we can hold stuff against
them and not even realize. Now listen, if somebody
is really mean to you and physically hurts you,
forgiving them doesn't mean you're going to become
besties. But it does mean that we won't have
anything to hold against them. And in that situation,
the best thing to do is to pray for them. The
last scripture I want to remind all of us about
is Romans chapter 12 verse 10 Which says love
one another with brotherly affection and out
do one another in showing honor Now it's time
for our special segment and yes, you know it.
It's time for some song trivia What song do you
think that is? If you guessed Heaven on My Mind
by TobyMac, then you are, drum roll please,
correct! This has been a really fun special segment,
but now it's time to talk about something a little
bit more serious, salvation. See, all these things
that we talked about in today's podcast episode
won't be able to help you unless you give your
life to Christ and have his Holy Spirit. So,
if you have a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ, then this episode will help you. But,
if you don't have a personal relationship with
Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give your
heart to the Lord today. To receive him into
your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 -10. It says,
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,
and believe in your heart that God has raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are
saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You
are saved from all your sins, past, present,
and future sins you may commit. Now, this truth
is not a free pass to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus
gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers
you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved
forever and your name is written in the book
of life. Did you just give your life to Jesus?
If you did, give yourself a pat on the back.
I am so godly proud of you. Thank you so much
for listening to this podcast episode. I trust
that it helped you and that you learned something.
And remember, in John 13 verse 14, it says, if
then I, the Lord and teacher, have washed your
feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
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