Care! Love One Another! - 01 Introduction

Highlights: Time mark: 1:53 The topic that the Lord laid on my heart is to pray that we have more people that have the Spirit of a Good Samaritan. The story of the Good Samaritan, we read in Luke 10:30-36 Jesus said, A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. A Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was and when he saw him, he had pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” A lot of us have gotten away from the Good Samaritan spirit because we have been so consumed by the things of this world we're in. Sometimes we're so busy, overwhelmed with the tasks that are set that set before us our responsibilities on our jobs, dealing with our careers, dealing with children, spouses, dealing with co-workers, bosses, and sometimes we forget to care one for another. You know, sometimes it gets to the point where people become so frustrated, especially if you constantly look at the news, sometimes you have to turn that news off, sometimes you have to just say, okay, I got what I need so that I can go to God in prayer and cast my cares upon Him knowing that He cares for each and every one of us, He cares for me. Sometimes people don't do that, though, and they don't, they don't realize that in their psyche, those things subconsciously are playing in their mind, and it's pulling their spirit down, wherein when someone says good morning, or hello, they can't even respond back. They can't even smile back, they can't even give a salutation back. And once again, it's because that spirit of concern is lacking, that spirit of care is lacking. You know, even like when when someone holds the door for you, some people don't even say thank you, they don't even consider it enough to say, thank you. Time mark: 4:24 John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another." Time mark: 9:09 Philippians 2:3-5 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves. Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus. Jesus had the power to do all without others, but Jesus Himself selected twelve to walk among Him. Notice this, the twelve that He had among Him, even one He knew was going to betray Him. Do you hear what I'm saying right there. He knew that one was going to betray Him. Sometimes we don't want to care for those people that challenge us, and those people that we know that they're not all the way in the same vein, or all the way in the same mindset of thinking like we are. Yet we still have to work with them. Sometimes people don't want to do that. Oh, let me tell you, Jesus had a Judas on his team and Jesus loved Judas. He didn't say I can't stand him. He knew what Judas had to do. He knew what Judas role was, and he kept Judas on the team. What does that say about us? We have to care for people who don't necessarily have our best interests at heart, but we have to look and see what it is about them, why God put them in our lives for such a time as this? Why did God fashioned them to be around? Sometimes people out there to mold you and shape you. Judas was there to get Jesus to the cross, because if that exchange wasn't made, the story wouldn't have unfolded. So we have people in our lives at any given moment, we cannot just worry about our own personal interests, we got to look at the big picture. Why is this person involved in my life? What is it that I can do for them? What is it that I need to learn for them? What is it that they need to learn from me. Philippians 2:4, Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Time mark: 20:14 Romans 12:10 "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Give preference to one another in honor." When it's your turn, you're going to want to make sure that people are merciful and gracious towards you. So yeah, we're all gonna do things. It's not to say that we can't say anything, you know, we talk to one another love. "Sis, why'd you do that? Don't do that. Okay. Try not to do that. Let's pray. Let's pray on that. What, you having difficulty in that area? Let's pray on that, but let's not do that." I'm not supposed to go and start talking about, "Girl, did you hear what such and such did? Oh, I can't believe." Come on, that's nonsense, that's immature. Spiritually mature people automatically when they see something, when they see their brother or sister fall, they're quick to pick them up. They're quick to make sure that they're there to hold their hand and to tell them listen, we got, come on, let's quickly get this right, let's get it together. Don't make it a habit. You experienced it, you know what that's like, okay, don't fall short in that way no more, right? Come on, let's go to God in prayer. That's the way we're supposed to be as brothers and sisters in Christ.