WELCOME TO SERVE WEEK...
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2020
WEDNESDAY'S DEVOTION
WATCH THIS VIDEO FIRST...
READ: MARK 12:28-34
LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR
YESTERDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT SERVING OUR NEIGHBOR. OUR FOCUS WAS ON THE NEIGHBORS WE KNOW.
THAT'S HOW WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT WHO OUR NEIGHBORS, AS THE PEOPLE WE KNOW.
BUT JESUS GIVES US A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF WHO OUR NEIGHBORS MIGHT BE.
JESUS SAYS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EVERYONE AROUND US; THOSE WE KNOW, AND THOSE WE DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S HOW WE OFTEN THINK ABOUT WHO OUR NEIGHBORS, AS THE PEOPLE WE KNOW.
BUT JESUS GIVES US A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF WHO OUR NEIGHBORS MIGHT BE.
JESUS SAYS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EVERYONE AROUND US; THOSE WE KNOW, AND THOSE WE DON'T KNOW.
TODAY'S SERVE CHALLENGE
YESTERDAY, OUR SERVE FOCUSED ON SERVING THE NEIGHBORS YOU KNOW. BUT TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE NEIGHBORS WE DON'T KNOW.
SERVING CAN BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SAYING HELLO TO SOMEONE, WAVING AS YOU PASS, SMILING AT SOMEONE, OR LET SOMEONE GO AHEAD OF YOU WHILE IN LINE. KINDNESS. COURTESY. FRIENDLINESS. YOU CAN MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY A LITTLE BETTER WHEN YOU STEP OUT AND SERVE SOMEONE. LET'S GO AND SERVE. |
CHALLENGE IDEAS
LEAVE SIDEWALK CHALK
ENCOURAGEMENT NOTES WAVE OR SAY HELLO TO A NEIGHBOR YOU DO NOT KNOW MAKE COOKIES AND SHARE THEM WITH A NEIGHBOR |
WRITE AN ENCOURAGING NOTE TO A
NEIGHBOR YOU DO NOT KNOW LET SOMEONE GO AHEAD OF YOU IN LINE GIVE A NEIGHBOR FLOWERS |
PRAY FOR A NEIGHBOR YOU DO NOT
KNOW PICK UP LITTER AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD |
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