Locked-in Likeness
You are a born again person! But
– You may be feeling incredibly lonely! Let me give you a practical pointer for overcoming your loneliness. Quit dwelling on it! Reach out and try to help someone who is lonely.
Luke 6:38 promises that when we give, it shall be given to us. There is a locked-in likeness to what we give. It is the law of the harvest.
If you want friendship
– You must show yourself friendly (Proverbs 18:24).
Why don’t you keep a stack of cards and a pen handy to write a little note of encouragement to a shut-in? Get a prayer list and intercede for others. Travel around the world by means of prayer. There is no life so empty as a self-centered life! And there is no life so centered as a self-emptied life!! As you pour out yourself to others
– The Holy Spirit will continually pour Himself into you!
This week do one of these things each day:
- Write someone an encouraging email, sms or a letter;
- Do something good for one of your contacts or coworkers;
- Pray for five people who are lost that God would save them;
- Go on a prayer walk around a church or a mosque or a temple that the people there would get saved;
- Call a new friend and ask how you can pray for him or her;
- Share a meal with a stranger and share the Gospel;
- Bless a servant of God with your grateful greetings!