God Running is a place for anyone who wants to (or even anyone who wants to want to) love Jesus more deeply, follow Jesus more closely, and love people the way Jesus wants us to.
Have you ever thought about this?
Jesus doesn’t want us to let anything get in the way of loving God, or loving the people He puts in front of us.
If someone is an enemy, don’t let that get in the way of you loving him or her. (Luke 6:27)
If someone hates you, don’t let that get in the way of you loving them. (Luke 6:27)
If someone curses you, don’t let that get in the way of you loving him. (Luke 6:28)
If someone is a child, don’t let their young age get in the way of you loving them. (Matthew 19:13-15)
If someone is a stranger, don’t let that get in the way of you loving them. (Matthew 25:35-40)
If someone fails you, don’t let that get in the way of you loving them. (Matthew 26:36-40)
I’m amazed sometimes at our ability to allow things to get in the way of us loving God and loving others.
“God help me and help the dear person reading this right now to change, to be transformed. Help us to love You exceedingly well. And help us to love those around us exceedingly well too.
“In Jesus’ name.
“Amen.”
Notes:
Image of men overcoming obstacles via US Army — Creative Commons
Love Like Jesus: How Jesus Loved People (and how you can love like Jesus) available on Amazon!
Love Like Jesus begins with the story of how after a life of regular church attendance and Bible study, Bennett was challenged by a pastor to study Jesus. That led to an obsessive seven year deep dive. After pouring over Jesus’ every interaction with another human being, he realized he was doing a much better job of studying Jesus’ words than he was following Jesus’ words and example. The honest and fearless revelations of Bennett’s own moral failures affirm he wrote this book for himself as much as for others.
Love Like Jesus examines a variety of stories, examples, and research, including:
- Specific examples of how Jesus communicated God’s love to others.
- How Jesus demonstrated all five of Gary Chapman’s love languages (and how you can too).
- The story of how Billy Graham extended Christ’s extraordinary love and grace toward a man who misrepresented Jesus to millions.
- How to respond to critics the way Jesus did.
- How to love unlovable people the way Jesus did.
- How to survive a life of loving like Jesus (or how not to become a Christian doormat).
- How Jesus didn’t love everyone the same (and why you shouldn’t either).
- How Jesus guarded his heart by taking care of himself–he even napped–and why you should do the same.
- How Jesus loved his betrayer Judas, even to the very end.
With genuine unfiltered honesty, Love Like Jesus, shows you how to live a life according to God’s definition of success: A life of loving God well, and loving the people around you well too.
A life of loving like Jesus.
Amen. Great reminder.