Love: Junk to Out of the Way...

Yesterday I talked about God saying it was easy and we make it hard.

That is so true it is all the hurt, anger, our flesh, and other stuff that get in the way of us truly loving the unlovable or people we do not how to love. 

It's our junk that causes us to make things like loving these people hard.

God commanded us to love all, not our junk to get in the way.

Some things that can help take our junk out of the way are:

Pray:

For wisdom and understanding

For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, Colossians 1:9 NASB

Hear my prayer, Lord, Listen to my pleadings! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! Psalm 143:1 NASB

Forgive them:

This isn't necessarily for them but for you to release it from your life.

For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Matthew 6:14 NASB

Release it:

Give it to God.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 1 peter 5:6-7 ESV

Surrender:

Lift your hands in surrender to God about these people:

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 ESV

Worship:

Worship from a place of victory over dealing with these people.

Then the man bowed low and worshiped the Lord. Genesis 24:26 NASB

Resist:

Resist the flesh.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 ESV

Put on:

Put on the Lord:

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Romans 13:14 ESV

When dealing with kinds of people use these things to help you. For everything good comes from God and these are things that are good to do when dealing with these people.

Give your junk (things that hold you from loving these people) to God today!!!!

12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,  Romans 12:12 NASB

Just these verses for today God is saying!!!