Love Your Neighbor

I just returned from the wonderful weekend for women conference! What a great time of fellowship and teaching!

One thing that reached me in particular is "Starting Something New".

There are so many people in the United States today that will not walk into your church. They are so turned off to organized religion that they will not come. But they are hungry and thirsty for the Only One who can satisfy. He desires that all come to him.

So why not reach your neighbor. I have them on all sides of where I live. I am sure you do too. Invite them over for coffee. Organize a cookout in your backyard and ask them to come. Start a bookclub. Invite them for dinner.

Get to know them. Don't start out with your Bible in hand spouting the Roman  road to salvation and turn them off. Just love them as Jesus loved people. Share in their lives. Pray for them. Ask them what you can pray for them. The more time you invest in loving them, the more Jesus will shine through you into their life. Let Him be the guide in your relationship. He knows their needs and heart.

You can also simply shine Him where ever you go. In the store, smile and make eye contact with people. It is so hard for them not to smile back. It is contagious.

So many people today feel so lonely or busy that a simple smile, or holding the door open for them, or letting them go ahead of you in line will lift their heart. God will use the simplest of things to touch someones heart.

It's all about compassion and loving your neighbor.  Jesus did it, why not start right now?