TAKE HEART: Take Care (Week 2)

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• We have to be willing to receive and to give care to one another. Being willing to be cared for by others takes courage, but this is one of the main ways in which God restores our lives.

[Galatians 6:2 NLT] Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.

• Bear Care Share

[John 13:34-35 NLT] 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

TAKING CARE

[Philippians 2:4 NLT] "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”

• BEAR CARE AND SHARE

• Learning to adequately care for those who are near you and by you in the way of Christ (THE ONE ANOTHERS) is the most powerful element we will ever give to the body of Christ.

• Being Cared for

  • I need to learn to acknowledge and receive the care of others for their efforts in living out the Christ life and commandment.

• "Do not waste time bothering whether you 'love' your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love Him.” - C.S. Lewis

CLOSING PRAYER

O Lord, we thank you for this wonderful gift of our love which You have generously granted us and which allows us to build a true communion of persons between us ---provided we remain ever open to You, the Source of all love. 

Help us to continue to love each other and accept each other unconditionally, as we share life one with another. 

Make us generous in giving and humble in receiving.

Enable us to communicate all our joys, sufferings, and desires and all our hopes, sorrows, and difficulties to those who share in this with Christ.

Give us the power of Your Love that we may forget self and take heart to care for others. - Amen