See others as Jesus sees them
God is love, and God loves all of us—every single person! Even the smallest ways we show love to others, expecting nothing in return, turn out to be some of the greatest ways we can love God. And this requires faith.
John Burke • Imagine the God of Heaven
Great leaders don’t have time to think about themselves because they’re too busy scheming ways to love other people and lift them up. Who can you do this for today? Blow their minds. Give them your office, maybe even your car. It’ll sound crazy right up until you do it.
Bob Goff • Live in Grace, Walk in Love
When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is, he responded with absolute clarity: Love. Love is the greatest command. He said, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and
... See moreAnn Voskamp • Good and Beautiful and Kind
Why did the disciples follow Jesus? It’s simple: He loved them. The Gospels tell us, “When Christ saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them.” Men and women and youth and children are all drawn to a person who loves them. What response do people evoke in you? Do they bother you? Challenge you? Do you like people, or do they threaten
... See moreHoward Hendricks • Teaching to Change Lives
Since Christ is our model for personal ministry, we too want to understand people so that we can serve him in their lives. We too must be committed to entering their worlds. We can begin by taking the time to ask good questions and listen well. Our hope is that others would seek us out and share more of their true struggles, so that they may find,
... See morePaul David Tripp • Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands
I think the difference in my life came when I realized, after reading those Gospels, that Jesus didn’t just love me out of principle; He didn’t just love me because it was the right thing to do. Rather, there was something inside me that caused Him to love me. I think I realized that if I walked up to His campfire, He would ask me to sit down, and
... See moreDonald Miller • Blue Like Jazz
You can show love by serving as a mentor or by simply being available to others. You can pour into the lives of your wife and kids through family devotions and into the lives of other men with small, trusted friend groups. You can invest in your church by serving God well. You love like Jesus when you make an intentional effort to be His hands and
... See moreBob Bunn • How to Love Like Jesus
Humility says, I know I have blind spots. Can you help me see? Imagine for a moment if our relationships were characterized in this way?
Ann Voskamp • Good and Beautiful and Kind
The second half of thinking like Jesus is to start thinking maturely, which focuses on others, not yourself. In his great chapter on what real love is, Paul concluded that thinking of others is the mark of maturity: “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways
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