STOP (Part of the Stop. Listen. Love. series)
1. We are saying, by our choice to stop what we are doing, that someone else is more important. When Jesus knelt in the dirt with the woman accused of adultery, He said nothing to her, but everyone knew that she had His full attention, His full priority at that moment. What an awesome moment that must have been for her!
1. We are saying, by our choice to stop what we are doing, that someone else is more important. When Jesus knelt in the dirt with the woman accused of adultery, He said nothing to her, but everyone knew that she had His full attention, His full priority at that moment. What an awesome moment that must have been for her!
Can you picture it, as the buzzing of voices moves to the ringing of silence in your ears, the people poised in prosecution hold their tongues and watch in awe and trepidation and the Messiah, Christ of Creation, ignores them and communicates in silence just how important that lady was! That brings prickles to my skin! What an amazing moment, what a life changing point for her and those watching – never underestimate the importance of stopping to listen and love.
2. When we stop, we are not distracted by what’s going on around us. The world keeps going, but we are stepping back to take note of something more important. Let’s think of that woman, thrown and Jesus feet, no doubt, there was a commotion, but Jesus was not distracted by the instigators around Him, He wants to absorb fully the situation at hand. Everyday we let life distract us, do we always realize how much we’re missing?
3. You can now focus all of your God given Spiritual gifts, heart attitude, your abilities, your personality and your experience to help this person. Your unique shape to minister, to meet the needs of this person.
As we seek to be better encouragers in Christ, let us take time to stop, listen and love.
2. When we stop, we are not distracted by what’s going on around us. The world keeps going, but we are stepping back to take note of something more important. Let’s think of that woman, thrown and Jesus feet, no doubt, there was a commotion, but Jesus was not distracted by the instigators around Him, He wants to absorb fully the situation at hand. Everyday we let life distract us, do we always realize how much we’re missing?
3. You can now focus all of your God given Spiritual gifts, heart attitude, your abilities, your personality and your experience to help this person. Your unique shape to minister, to meet the needs of this person.
As we seek to be better encouragers in Christ, let us take time to stop, listen and love.
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