Be Nice

“Finally, all of you should agree and have concern and love for each other. You should also be kind and humble.”
 1 Peter 3:8(CEV)

Our opening scripture encourages us to have concern and love for each other. Are you kind to others? You ought to be kind to others as a child of God. God expects you to be caring and compassionate because that is the nature of God. Remember the Bible says in 1 John 4:8, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”

It has been said that, “people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Our Lord Jesus Himself used the principle of love and caring in ministering the gospel to others. The Bible spoke of how Jesus fed the five thousand who attended his service in the wilderness. (See John 6:5-13)

When you read John 6:26, you will notice that the people began to seek Jesus afterward because He fed them. This means you can use concern to influence people. When people know you are concerned about them they will come to you. This is because people are always drawn to those who care about them.

Therefore always practice 1 John 4:7 which says, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”

PRAYER
Dear Father I thank you because the love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit who dwells in me. I thank you for I am abounding in love towards others and towards all men in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read:
Romans 12:9-10, 2 Corinthians 6:6, 1 Timothy 1:5, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 John 3:18, 1 Corinthians 13:1-8.

DOING THE WORD
Let your love for others be completely sincere.