Serving heart

We just finished a Max Lacado study that basically said when you serve others, you are serving Jesus. When you love others you are loving Jesus. This is pretty easy with family, but serving stranger is another thing. Here are ideas on how to love and serve others.

1) See the need by looking into there eyes, with kind eyes. See them as real people, some ones mother, father, son or daughter.  This goes for beggars, waitresses, clerks , customers, rich folks, poor folks and everything in between.

2) What's in your hand.  Use what you have time, talents, energy and financial resources (etc)

3) Ask every morning for God to put some one in your path that you can serve.

4) Listen for the voice of God and obey NOW. Good intentions are no good to anybody

5 Do not become over whelm with all of the problems in the world. You can not solve all of them, but you can   do something every day to make this a better place.  Do not become so busy do good  that you forget the best, which is spending time with Jesus through bible study and prayer.  Your relation  with other will always be better when your relationship with God comes first. This does not excuse us from doing all we can, when we can.  The Bible say to not grow weary in well doing..

6) Remember, when you go through really tough things, it will not be in vain.  God can use you to help others with a special empathy that comes having gone through it.and survived.

7) The ripple effect....You may never know what becomes of people that you help along they way. They may be the next Billy Graham or the one who discovers a cure for cancer.
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Pay it forward
Max Lacado taught  a new way of looking at the term secret service.   This is doing things for others with out them knowing about it.

I have watched Mark the last couple of days. He does this without even thinking about it.  Little things all day that help others and know body knows  about. Walking on the beach, he grabbed a fishing bucket that the tide was about to wash away and put it higher on the beach. Later,  He found sunglasses and put then up on the post so they would not wash away.  He freed a butterfly from a spider web and we watched it fly away.  He picks up trash on the trail.  He bought two bowls from a lady who did not realize she had it overly priced because he perceived she needed to make a sale.  He opens doors, carries boxes, puts up tents, and always stands up in buses if any lady needs a seat.  His Mama raise a gentlemen.  I love to watch how he treats others and the effect he has on others with is positive personally.  His response to the casual "how are you doing" is to  smile and the  answer " marvelous." It surprises and pleases and turns a brief encounter into a up lifting moment in their day.

Serve others = serving God.... Have a great day, looking for others to bless and be blessed.