http://www.5milechurch.org/bruces-blogs/get-connected/get-connected-within-your-heart/ Bridging the Gap Between God and People Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.5milechurch.org/bruces-blogs/get-connected/get-connected-within-your-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Like Mephibosheth Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:44:35 +0000 http://www.5milechurch.org/?p=221#comment-22 I learned a valuable lesson from the scripture where Jesus tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves...the part I have been missing is that little word "as." How well we are able to love our neighbor is going to be directly proportionate to how well we learn to love ourselves. It says to love our neighbors "as ourselves," so we must first love ourselves, and I believe the way to finally fulfill that (Paul spent a good majority of his letters trying to get this point across) is to feel the love that Jesus has for us, and the best way to do this is to open the valve to our heart, and let all that "living water (Word)" flow from our brains into our hearts as Bruce said. If we don't, than that water will evaporate into the air and be swallowed up. When you fly on an airplane, in an emergency case and the oxygen masks drop, we are instructed to first secure our own mask, and then help others. You can't be of much help when you are passed out due to lack of oxygen. I constantly remind myself of this fact, that before I can truly share Jesus with others, I have to receive His love first, then I will be able to share His love with others. I learned a valuable lesson from the scripture where Jesus tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves…the part I have been missing is that little word “as.” How well we are able to love our neighbor is going to be directly proportionate to how well we learn to love ourselves. It says to love our neighbors “as ourselves,” so we must first love ourselves, and I believe the way to finally fulfill that (Paul spent a good majority of his letters trying to get this point across) is to feel the love that Jesus has for us, and the best way to do this is to open the valve to our heart, and let all that “living water (Word)” flow from our brains into our hearts as Bruce said. If we don’t, than that water will evaporate into the air and be swallowed up. When you fly on an airplane, in an emergency case and the oxygen masks drop, we are instructed to first secure our own mask, and then help others. You can’t be of much help when you are passed out due to lack of oxygen. I constantly remind myself of this fact, that before I can truly share Jesus with others, I have to receive His love first, then I will be able to share His love with others.

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