{"id":33788,"date":"2014-02-11T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=33788"},"modified":"2014-02-09T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T22:54:17","slug":"14-practical-ways-to-love-others-like-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/14-practical-ways-to-love-others-like-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Practical Ways to Love Others Like Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the most popular forms of ministry today is the ministry that makes a big splash, garners a lot of attention, and possibly gets reported in the news. <\/p>\n
And while good does come from “Go Big” forms of ministry, there are other ways to love others like Jesus. If we think the big splash ministry is the only way to minister, then we will ignore all the small, effective, practical ways of loving others that might actually make more tangible and lasting impact on the lives of others for the Kingdom of God. This is partly why Jesus spoke of giving a cup of cold water in His name (Matt 10:42) and liked the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed (Matt 13;31-32).<\/p>\n
It is often the small, easy, cheap, affordable, insignificant, simple acts of love and kindness that do the most to help people experience the love of Jesus through your life. <\/p>\n
What sort of things? Below are 14 practical ways to love others like Jesus. There are thousands of such ways, but the following are 14 of the things that my family does to try to show love to others. They are not things you necessarily have to do, but are simply offered as examples.<\/p>\n
If we want to simply love others, then we can love others simply.<\/p>\n
Please feel free to share some of your own suggestions in the comments below. <\/p>\n
The bottom line is that simple (not big and glorious) acts of kindness are effective ways of loving others like Jesus. None of these are glamorous. None of them will get you recognized in church. None of them will get you interviewed on television, BUT they don\u2019t cost an arm and a leg and they won\u2019t burn you out either. They are just simple ways to be kind every day to friends and strangers so that we can offer light and love and hope to the people around us.<\/span><\/p>\n Oh\u2026. And please, please, please, do not ever do any of these things with the intention or goal of getting people to attend your church. This is where most Christians screw it up BIG TIME. If we go help our neighbor mow his lawn because he broke his leg, and then after you\u2019re done you invite him to church, he is going to know that you don\u2019t really care about him at all. All you really care about is getting his butt in a pew on Sunday morning so you can brag to all your Christian friends about how you mowed his lawn and rescued him from the fires of hell.<\/p>\n As I have said before, Christian love does not consist in asking someone to come to church with you. If your only reason for loving people is to get them into church, just stay home and watch TV. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 14 practical suggestions to love others like Jesus. Many ministries attempt to GO BIG, but if we want to simply love others, then we can love others simply. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1235,19,1249,1608,1575,1460,1564,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-33788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-church","8":"tag-discipleship","9":"tag-evangelism","10":"tag-love-like-jesus","11":"tag-love-others","12":"tag-ministry","13":"tag-mission","14":"tag-theology-church","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n