Tag: loving people as God loves them

Bible Verse of The Day – 12-20-13

Matthew 5:43-45 (NKJV) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

It amazes me how badly the world wants to put God in a box and make Him conform to their wants and desires.

I have to admit that it can make me pretty angry sometimes. Not in a hateful way, but because I love God so much that it hurts me to see and hear anyone insult Him or slander Him in any way at all.

But God is not feeble or weak and He is always in control. He has not fallen off His throne and He is not shocked by anything He hears or sees.

If anything, seeing and hearing what you and I hear on a daily basis should teach us how to love people that much more.

It’s easy to be angry and even to feel negatively toward others, but God has commanded us to do good those who hate us and to pray for those who spitefully use us.

This is a far cry from what our flesh would like to do. But God’s way is always better, so I think it would be best if we do things His way.

Can we get an amen?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-24-13

(Mark 10:45 NKJV)  “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

This Man, the Son of the most High God, Jesus Christ, came to this earth to serve. All that He did was for each one of us personally. Serving and giving of His life for us was done out of the compassion that He had for us. The love that He walked in was “perfect love“.

When we love like He loves, we won’t look at others as we used to. Our love will be for all humanity, not just those in our church, those in our family, those with the same nationality, or same denomination, etc.

It will be easy to help someone even if they mistreat us, hurt us or slander us. Our enemies won’t even seem like an enemy to us but, instead, as an opportunity to be able to pray and watch God move in their lives.

Jesus Christ gave His life as a ransom for all. We are to follow His example and let His love shine through us today, to all man kind.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-16-13

(Matthew 5:44 NKJV)  “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you…

One of the things I had to learn and am still working on every day is learning how to love the person when I don’t like their actions.

Seriously… how many times do we look at a person, watch their actions, and look at their outward appearance before making our decision to accept them?

God does not tell us to love someone just because they look good, dress nice or act the same as us. He tells us to love our enemy…OUCH!

This kind of love takes a changing of our heart. It takes learning, discipline and action on our part to love and accept people for the person they are. We can’t do this on our own, but we can do this with God’s help!

If they are our enemy, if they curse us, if they hate us, if they spitefully use us and persecute us, we STILL need to love them. Not after they apologize or change their behavior, but in the state that they are in. It doesn’t mean we love the things they do, but we love the person.

As God’s children, we need to look beyond one’s errors, mistakes and disadvantages and love the person. How do we learn to love the person and look beyond their actions?

We have to surrender our feelings toward the person and let God’s Word change our heart. We have to follow His example. He loved us first and sent His Son for us in spite of our terrible, sinful nature. We too must love in this way.

We can’t just say we love someone; we have to show them we love them. It is by our actions that love conquers all!

Is there someone in your life today that you struggle with? Do you love them deeply but have a hard time showing them, because you’re afraid of the hurt you feel when you’re around them?

Let God teach us how to show our love for others without getting hurt by their actions.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-15-13

(1 Peter 4:8 NKJV)  And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”

Have fervent love for one another. Is this a cheesy Valentine ‘s Day message? Absolutely not.

Valentine’s day is man-made and has nothing to do with the love that God wants us to share with one another. But God tells us to love one another with “fervent love”. Fervent means “having great intensity”.

This isn’t always easy, is it? Oh, we can “like” people, but how do we learn to love them fervently?

There’s only one way; to see them as God sees them and to love them with God’s love, not ours.

This takes a lot of practice and a lifetime to get right. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it.

God has commanded us in His word. That’s enough reason for me to want to do it. How about you?

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-377-5400

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