A LITTLE KINDNESS PERHAPS?

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

ARE YOU SEEKING?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Come on my recovery friends...repeat after me, the words should slide off the tongue with little to no effort...

Galatians 5:13 (MSG)

^13-15It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom.

What do you have planned today? Does it include “serving another in love”?

I know, I know you are extremely busy today; errands to run, practices to attend, lots and lots of STUFF.

But can I encourage you to grab your day planner and look for some white space or a gap in today’s proceedings and get creative.

Got time to pray for someone? Got time to make an encouraging phone call? Got time to drop your change in the Ronald McDonald house container at the drive thru? (I am sure Josh, Jill, London and little Judah would thank you for that.)

Come on, you have got a little random act of kindness just waiting to be exercised!

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ----Leo Buscaglia

Remember

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ― Aesop

How about we try today; to find that spot for an act of kindness?

For when you do, you are taking on the very character of Christ.

Philippians 2:7-8(MSG)

^5-8Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life…

Jesus served.

Period.

And so can we.

You don’t need a degree to serve or any special training or class-work. It just takes awareness. Look around you. The needs are there. Serve one.

I uncovered this little tidbit from Max Lucado this morning and I loved it…

He says:

Love the overlooked. Jesus sits in your classroom, wearing the thick glasses, outdated clothing, and a sad face. You’ve seen him. He’s Jesus.

Jesus works in your office. Pregnant again, she shows up to work late and tired. No one knows the father. According to water-cooler rumors, even she doesn’t know the father. You’ve seen her. She’s Jesus.

When you talk to the lonely student, befriend the weary mom, you love Jesus. He dresses in the garb of the overlooked and ignored. “Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me” (Matt. 25:40 MSG).

You can do that. Even if your sweet spot has nothing to do with encouraging others, the cure for the common life involves loving the overlooked. “Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort” (1 Cor. 15:58 MSG).

...A good action not only brings good fortune, it brings God’s attention. He notices the actions of servants. He sent his Son to be one.

So what do you say today?

Serve another in love? It will get GOD’s attention!

I love you all.

Have a blessed day!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney