Monday, July 11, 2005

Burdens - Help Each Other

HELP EACH OTHER: BEARING EACH OTHERS' BURDENS

My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself. You obey the law of Christ when you offer each other a helping hand.

If you think you are better than others, when you really aren't, you are wrong. Do your own work well, and then you will have something to be proud of. But don't compare yourself with others. We each must carry our own load.

Share every good thing you have with anyone who teaches you what God has said.

You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant. If you follow your selfish desires, you will harvest destruction, but if you follow the Spirit, you will harvest eternal life. Don't get tired of helping others. You will be rewarded when the time is right, if you don't give up. We should help people whenever we can, especially if they are followers of the Lord.
Galatians 6:1-10

My friends, I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you! Amen. Galatians 6:18

Prayer:

Dear Father,

Fill my heart with love for my brothers and sisters in Christ. If someone is overtaken in some wrong deed, help me to assist to bring back that person, in a spirit of gentleness. Let me watch out for myself. Help all of us to bear one another's burdens. Help us not to deceive ourselves, thinking we are something when we are really nothing. Teach each of us to bear our own burdens.

In Jesus name I ask all this and that you will give me a Spirit-filled life.

Amen.

Give me a grateful spirit, a thankful heart. Help me to give thanks in everything. Help me to acknowledge and express the benefits and blessings that I have received from You and others. Protect me from a discontented heart and a murmuring tongue. -Nancy Leigh DeMoss in A Place of Quiet Rest



1 comment:

Mark Lowenstein said...

Not only is this limited to those who have "sinned" and fallen away, but the "sick", the "needy", the "helpless":

"On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." Mt. 9:12 (niv)