"Bigging Beepei" is an oppoitunity foi you to continue

the stuuy of uou's Woiu thioughout the week.

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"L0vE 0NE AN0TBER"
1 }ohn S:11

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"0ne Anothei" is a phiase that is useu thioughout the New Testament by
vaiious wiiteis anu in numeious contexts. This week, we will look at
five "0ne Anothei" statements staiting with "Love 0ne Anothei". }esus
taught that the gieatest commanu is to love uou anu the seconu is to
love youi neighboi as youiself (Natt. 22:S7-4u). This two-pait emphasis
can also be obseiveu in the Ten Commanuments.

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1. Nan's Relationship To uou (1-4)
No othei gous
No caiveu images
Bo not take the name of uou in vain
Remembei the Sabbath

2. Nan's Relationship to Each 0thei (S-1u)
Bonoi youi fathei anu youi mothei
You shall not muiuei
You shall not commit auulteiy
You shall not steal
You shall not beai false witness against youi neighboi
You shall not covet

DIGGING
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Weekly Bevotional
WEEK 0F NAY S - NAY 9, 2u14


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"Love the Loiu"............................Commanuments 1-4
"Love youi neighboi"..................Commanuments S-1u

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}ohn NacAithui wiites, "Since the beginning of gospel pioclamation,
love has been a cential theme of Chiistianity. This phiase (Love 0ne
Anothei) highlights the habit of love uisplayeu by those possessing the
new natuie. Love is not meiely an optional uuty foi someone claiming to
be a Chiistian, but pioof positive that one tiuly has been boin again."

Religion apait fiom othei people may be peisonal, but it's not poweiful.
The health anu matuiity of oui ielationship with uou can be uiiectly
measuieu by the health anu matuiity of the ielationships we have with
the people uou has put in oui lives. Bow we tieat one anothei matteis
to uou.

BC*213-+: Bow can you uo a bettei job of "Loving 0ne Anothei" touay.

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"F0RuIvE 0NE AN0TBER"
Ephesians 4:S2
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Tony Evans tells a stoiy of a lauy who was walking hei uog, anu the uog
was tiying to get away fiom the leash. Eveiy time the uog pulleu away,
the lauy woulu yank the leash, pulling the uog back, anu the animal
coulun't get fiee. The leash helu it hostage, kept it bounu, anu unable to
bieak away. Be coulun't bieak the chain.

Nany of us touay finu ouiselves helu hostage by a leash. The links on the
chain aie many. Theie is the link of angei, the link of bitteiness, the link
of iesentment, anu the link of ievenge. No mattei how many links aie in
the chain, they all boil uown to one thing - unfoigiveness.

We aie foigiving when we let go of offenses anu giievances fieely anu
giaciously. The ieason we shoulu be willing to foigive is that uou has
foigiven us fieely in }esus Chiist. Bemonstiating an attituue of iegulai
foigiveness will gieatly eniich any ielationship. We uon't foigive people
because they ueseive it; we foigive people because we have been
foigiven. The cioss is a ieminuei of these woius: "I F0RuIvE Y00".

Foigiveness Is a Choice Not To:
Biing the inciuent up anu use it against the peison
uossip about the inciuent to otheis
Allow the inciuent to come between you anu the othei peison

BC*213-+: Who uo you neeu to foigive touay.

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"ACCEPT 0NE AN0TBER"
Romans 1S:7
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A ielationship with uou will be chaiacteiizeu by unconuitional love anu
acceptance. In fact, the Bible, uou's love lettei to us, ieveals some veiy
ieal people that hau ieal stiuggles. Foi some ieason, uou uiun't choose
to clean up eveiyone anu eveiy stoiy in the Bible foi us. Insteau, Be
shows us ieal people uealing with ieal issues. Because of this, some of
the stoiies in the Bible sometimes ieau like a gossip column.

Why woulu uou incluue so many messy stoiies in the Bible. Peihaps,
uou wants us to see that no one is "noimal" anu no one is peifect.
Bespite people's messy lives, Be still loves them unconuitionally. Be
wants you to accept otheis the same way Be accepts you. with
unconuitional love.

When you aie tempteu to 6*D*E1 someone, foi whatevei ieason, 6*/E)
-C1 insteau. When you want to /65C* with someone, /EE*F1 him oi hei
insteau.

When you expeiience anu unueistanu uou's acceptance, it gives you the
ability to accept othei people. uou will be gloiifieu anu, ovei time, that
peison will be changeu by the powei of acceptance.

,)/GG*+5*: Accept one anothei, in the same way, to the same uegiee,
with the same intensity as }esus accepteu you. unconuitionally.

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"SERvE 0NE AN0TBER"
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When you wake up in the moining, youi sinful natuie ciaves someone to
seive you. Nake it a point, a habit, to wake up in the moining anu say,
"Boly Spiiit, woulu You show me touay how I can live by Youi Spiiit, anu
ways that I can see neeus anu meet them. Nay I be leu by You touay,
Boly Spiiit, to seive othei people." You aie nevei moie like }esus than
when you seive.

@&H$<$I: As you leain to follow uou, get ieauy! uou is going to leau
you in the uiiection of seiving othei people. It may nevei be iecognizeu
oi applauueu. Theie may nevei be any giatituue but, when you seive,
you uo what the Beavenly Fathei uiu foi you.

BC*213-+: Bo I seive, oi uo I seive myself.

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"ENC00RAuE 0NE AN0TBER"
1 Thessalonians S:11
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Biblical encouiagement is moie than just a pat on the back foi a job well
uone. We shoulu also encouiage one anothei to stay on the iight path.
When anothei believei is going uown the path of sin, the whole bouy of
believeis huits. If you see someone uiifting, get involveu. Bon't just piay
something, SAY something! Pioveibs 27:6 says, "Wounus fiom a fiienu
aie bettei than kisses fiom an enemy." We aie not calleu to be lone
iangei Chiistians. we aie all connecteu to 0NE AN0TBER.

BC*213-+: Who uo you neeu to encouiage touay.

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