Re-engage, Recognise, Reflect and Respond

That reflection should be of the new self. It should be of the transforming power of God, not our efforts, but God's grace, God's authority, our willingness to receive God as we spend time with him. As I said, it's not about being the better version of ourselves. It's being the God version of ourselves. [00:07:47] (30 seconds)  #GodVersionOfYou

So if we wanna be loving our neighbors, we gotta be loving God first. We gotta place ourselves in God's presence and allow his presence to flow from us. It'll be a natural thing. It won't be a forced thing. It's just being yourself because God is in us, and you're just strolling around being who you are. And people will see the difference. People might hear the difference. You might be able to speak about the difference, but they will know because we'd be with Jesus. [00:10:03] (36 seconds)  #LoveGodLoveNeighbor

So we need to fill up with God's presence so we can just overflow. Overflow. Flood the places where we're at with him. Then we're gonna be that testimony. We're gonna be who God wants us to be. So we need to recognize who we are. Don't be intimidated by what you look like when you look in the mirror. Realize that we're more than what we appear to be. [00:13:41] (26 seconds)  #OverflowHisPresence

Then the impact of that verse 42 of the same chapter is that they said to the woman, we no longer believe just because of what you said, now we've heard it for ourselves. We know that this man really is the savior of the world. All because this woman had an encounter with God and shared. You know, we need to encounter God in our lives. Now I'm just on a Sunday, but ideally, every day, we encounter God. And that expression of God's that encounter, that experience with God just becomes an overflowing part of the nature of who we are. [00:23:08] (45 seconds)  #EncounterAndOverflow

Father, we thank you so much for the relationship that you have invited us into. Help us, Lord, to value it, to maximize it, to revel in it, Lord. And we pray, Lord, as we reflect on your words, you will help us to respond appropriately for each one of us, each in our individual circumstance. You know us, Lord, our characters, how we are, what we find difficult, what we find easy. We pray, Lord, that your character will flow easily from us, effortlessly, Lord, as we spend time in your presence. Amen. [00:36:14] (48 seconds)  #PrayForGodlyCharacter

so sometimes we need to be deliberate. Other times we can be spontaneous, but we need to be. We need to be having a presence, whether that's our physical neighbor or our friend or our daughter or our son or whoever it might be. We're uniquely placed to be that testimony of God. [00:33:26] (24 seconds)  #BePresentBeWitness

I think we're in a place where we need to seriously reflect and respond. There needs to be a response from me about how I live my days, how I am engaging in terms of love your neighbor. How am I doing that? And I would challenge you to have a response, to have some reflection, a conversation with God, to be open to those spontaneous moments, but also to be deliberate and intentional about moments where you can engage, you can build relationship. [00:34:04] (49 seconds)  #IntentionalNeighborLove

So we need to fill up with God's presence so we can just overflow. Overflow. Flood the places where we're at with him. Then we're gonna be that testimony. We're gonna be who God wants us to be. So we need to recognize who we are. Don't be intimidated by what you look like when you look in the mirror. Realize that we're more than what we appear to be. [00:13:41] (26 seconds)  #IdentityInOverflow