Do you realize the importance of people and how you treat them?

Remember how Jesus summarized the law? How we are to first love God and second love people?

‘Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”’
Matthew 22:37-40

Do you realize that all quality ministry comes out of relationships? So if you want to be able to accomplish something then you need to be making time and taking time to start and build relationships. Not sure where to start? Look for a need and fill it! Not sure what to do or how to treat them? Let’s consider the golden rule from Jesus during His sermon on the mount:

‘Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.’
Matthew 7:12

Ever realized there were other verses in the Bible about the Golden Rule? Check these ones out:

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. — Luke 6:31
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” — Galatians 5:14
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. — Leviticus 19:18
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. — Proverbs 6:6
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. — Ephesians 4:28-32
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” — Romans 13:9
Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. — Amos 2:4
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” — Mark 12:31
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, — Matthew 5:44
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. — James 2:8
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. — Romans 13:8-10
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. — Ephesians 4:32
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. — Matthew 18:21-22

If you aren’t sure how to do it then why not consider the people you are hanging out with and make sure you are hanging out with wise people so that you can be wise. Ever heard birds of a feather flock together? Be careful who you are hanging out with because you may become like them–so choose the circle of influence around you wisely. So let’s take hold of today’s verse of the day in the Bible App that tells us:

‘He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.’
Proverbs 13:20

So are you ready? Are you ready to build relationships with others? Are you ready to treat people like they matter and are valuable? Are you ready to show them how important they are to both you and God?

The One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar and Dr. Ike Reighard
for July 20th

Golden Rule

MEMORY VERSE OF THE DAY:

‘Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.’
Matthew 7:12

POINTS FROM THE DEVOTIONAL:

Ever considered or heard people from various religions speak of the golden rule?
Do you realize how foundational this principle is to the world?
Do you realize how foundational it is to life?
Are you ready to lead and treat others the way you want to be treated first?
Are you ready to treat others with love and respect before they treat you that way?
Are you ready to lead the way rather than just responding in kind to how others choose to treat you?
Do you find the concept of treating others the way you want to be treated challenging?
Do you struggle to treat others the way you would like them to treat you?
Are you ready to accept others even before they are ready to accept you?
Are you ready to choose words that will build up rather than tear down?
Are you ready to tame your tongue in order to prevent the negative and painful words from coming out?
Are you ready to clean out your heart for it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks?
Will you choose to be someone who will build up instead of tear down?
Will you choose to be someone who will heal and repair instead of rip apart and crush?
Will you choose to be someone who will notice and acknowledge others instead of ignoring and ridiculing them?
Will you choose to be someone who steps up and stands up for others?
Will you be someone who lives with character rather than someone who abuses or subverts the golden rule by using gossip, sarcasm, and silence to bring pain and suffering into the lives of others?
The only way to live it is to choose to live it!
We have to decide on purpose that we will live by the Golden Rule!
We have to make the decision to treat people with kindness!
We have to make the decision to treat people with respect!
We have to make the decision to treat people with honor!
We have to make the decision to treat people with words of affirmation!
We have to make the decision to be people of love as it is defined in 1 Corinthians 13!
Are you ready to live your life in a way that even without words people realize that they are important to you and to God?
Are you ready to live your life in a way that even when you don’t speak people realize that they matter to you?
Will you choose today to live your life accepting others?
Are you ready to continue doing it even if it shocks people who have known you forever?
Are you ready to press in and double down on living a life that will glorify God in such a powerful way?
Are you ready to change your life in such an incredible way that it will trickle down and overflow into the lives of others and point them to God?
Are you ready and willing to live this life of acceptance even if it doesn’t come back to you immediately?
Are you ready and willing to persevere and press in and press on living a life that accepts others and loves them as God loves them?
Will you grab hold of and start to live your life in accordance to the Golden Rule today?

DISCUSSION TOPICS FROM TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL:

Who is the person you know who most lives by the Golden Rule?
What can you do today to take steps to implement it for yourself? Be specific.

QUOTE(S) FROM TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL:

“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.”
— Albert Schweitzer

Today’s reading from Tanakh:

So where are you at today? Are you pursuing God’s will, purpose, and cause for your life? Are you running away from it? Are you treating others as you want to be treated? Are you building relationships or tearing them down? Are you leading with love? Are you ready to turn to God and pursue what He has planned for you? Are you ready to turn to God and pursue what He created you to accomplish? Let’s pray:

Heavenly Father
I come to you in prayer asking for the
forgiveness of my Sins. I confess with my
mouth and believe with my heart that
Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven.
and have Eternal Life in the Kingdom of
Heaven. Father, I believe that Jesus rose
from the dead and I ask you right now to
come in to my life and be my personal
Lord and Savior. I repent of my Sins and
will Worship you all the day's of my Life!
Because your word is truth, I confess with
my mouth that I am Born Again and
Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus
Name, Amen — Heavenly Father
I come to you in prayer asking for the
forgiveness of my Sins. I confess with my
mouth and believe with my heart that
Jesus is your Son, And that he died on the
Cross at Calvary that I might be forgiven.
and have Eternal Life in the Kingdom of
Heaven. Father, I believe that Jesus rose
from the dead and I ask you right now to
come in to my life and be my personal
Lord and Savior. I repent of my Sins and
will Worship you all the day’s of my Life!
Because your word is truth, I confess with
my mouth that I am Born Again and
Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus! In Jesus
Name, Amen

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