God's Glory Church

You are made for community. When God created humans, He created us with the intention of placing us in a loving family. Today we call this family the Church.

God’s original intention was for us to exist in the family of other believers. He did not want us to exist in isolation or apart from other people. Life was not meant to be lived alone.

Regardless of your family’s experience, God wanted His family to be loving and caring. And these are the qualities of God’s family that Paul writes about in Romans 12.

Paul says to be devoted to one another in love. This means that we have to walk together with other people in different periods of life. We should never leave people when life gets tough.

Paul also encourages us to honor others. Instead of seeking self-acceptance, we should honor and encourage one another. Instead of seeking what seems best for us, we should first seek the good of other people.

Loyalty and respect are only two aspects of good love for people, but Jesus said that the world will recognize us as His disciples by how we love. This means that we must truly love others and not just pretend to love them. And the place where we must begin to show sincere respect is our spiritual family. Instead of self-promotion dividing God’s family, our goal should be to honor those around us.

If we don’t learn to love people who follow Jesus, we won’t know how to love people who don’t.

This is why we should often stop and evaluate how we are doing in loving others. So take a moment now to think about how you loved and honored people last week. Write down two or three things you can do to continue showing love to those in your life.