But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.\u201d (NAS)<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
As followers of God and His gospel, we are witnesses for Christ.\u00a0 There is no option here.\u00a0 The question is this:\u00a0 are we good witnesses or bad witnesses?\u00a0 When people see me, hear me speak, watch my conduct in day-to-day life\u2014do they see a good representation of Jesus and His character? \u00a0I hope so.\u00a0 Or, do they see me using my words and a judgmental attitude to beat others up emotionally? <\/p>\n
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How can those who don\u2019t know Christ yet want to be in His Church if they don\u2019t see hope and encouragement waiting for them there?\u00a0 And, the Church is made of up of us\u2014God\u2019s people.\u00a0 So, it is up to us to show them what Jesus portrayed to all mankind when He came to this earth.\u00a0 That is, love and acceptance along with guidance and hope for a meaningful future.<\/p>\n
There are many things and circumstances in this world to bring discouragement\u2014stuff that can be beyond anyone\u2019s control.\u00a0 I really think people are so weary of also being battered and bruised emotionally by other people.\u00a0 We should offer something different, something so appealing that they will come running to the One who can give them everything they need.<\/p>\n
It is very simple. Love one another. Love those in the Church and those who are not.\u00a0 And, if there is someone who insists on causing trouble, walk away but continue to love them from a distance.\u00a0 Remember what Jesus said:\u00a0 \u201cA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.\u201d (John 13:34, NAS)<\/em><\/p>\nSo, let God\u2019s love shine through you and onto others around you.\u00a0 You will be blessed beyond what you can imagine.<\/p>\n
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Lord, help me to be a good witness and representation of You\u2014every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Be loved with His love, Tammy<\/p>\n
\u00a92012 Tammy Maseberg All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 \u201cAnd they\u2019ll know we are Christians by our love\u2026\u201d\u00a0 ~~Hymn lyrics by Peter Scholtes \u00a0 Peter Scholtes wrote the above words to a hymn of the same name in 1968.\u00a0 At the time, he was a Catholic priest in St. Brendan\u2019s Parish on the South Side of Chicago.\u00a0 Although it only took him a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-word-from-tammy-maseberg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}