Bible Study 10-31-1023
1 John 4:19-21 (Message)
“We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. 20-21 If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.”
Barnabas was an encourager we all need them. Most likely Barnabas as he traveled on his missionary journeys needed some encouragement. Life can be tough and it helps when we have people to encourage you or you encourage them. We all need to be a Barnabus when people around us are going through a difficult time.
Think about opportunities you have to encourage someone. When someone did a good job do we let them know or do we just file it away in our minds? Husbands what about a compliment to your wife for a good meal, what about an encouraging word to a child at any age for an accomplishment, maybe a promotion to an adult child.
What about the last we tried to have a positive memory of someone. Husbands do you send flowers to your wife just because you want to. We make the decision to do what we want. Let me encourage you, you decide to do it for someone else. Take advantage of the opportunity to find something good in what they do. Create a good memory for someone by what you do or say to them.
Be intentional.
God Bless.
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