Loving Others

Last week we learned that the purpose for all people is to love God the most. We also learned that loving God through a personal and intimate relationship with Jesus is inseparable from loving other people. This week we learned how we are supposed to love other people with God's love. Loving Jesus deeply is going to directly impact the people I love.  Loving Jesus deeply is also going to directly impact the people I can’t stand.

Jesus directly links loving God to loving other people. Leviticus 19:9-18 is a portion of the Law that focuses on how the children of Israel were to interact with one another. This portion of the law reveals God’s heart for his children interacting in loving relationship. Loving people like Jesus is at the heart of all of God’s loving instruction to us as people who love him. If we are going to Live a Legacy, we must love others like Jesus.

Legacy Principle #3: Love others like Jesus.

Ask these types of questions:

How does loving God affect our love for other people? Who is our “neighbor”? What does it mean to walk by the Holy Spirit? What are the indications that we are living life under our own power? What are the indications of a Spirit empowered life?

Or any others you find in The Journey Daily Guide.

Memorize this verse:

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

~ Galatians 5:14, ESV

Read and discuss these passages:

Galatians 5:13-15

Galatians 5:16-24

Romans 8:1-11

Luke 10:25-37

We demonstrate our love for our children and others that we influence by having frequent and simple conversations about Jesus. It may be uncomfortable and awkward at first, but the more you invest in your relationship with Jesus the easier it will get.

May God bless you as you choose to listen to the Holy Spirit as he empowers you to love God and love other people like Jesus.