Daily writing prompt

What are your favorite sports to watch and play?

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It takes a humble heart to truly be a good sport. Social and business connections are fine, but heart-to-heart connections are better. Jesus wants to connect with people heart-to-heart, not just as a brief encounter but as a daily lifestyle. He wants to train us open our heart more and more to Him and to other people every day.

The body of Christ is about heart connection, not about merely about hearing a talk about religious information once a week. If you don’t humbly open your heart to other Christ-followers, (James 5:16) you might be attending the same meeting, but you haven’t truly assembled yourselves together. (Hebrews 10:25)

The Bible instructs us to meet together in a way that facilitates us opening up to one another and trains us to literally trust in, depend on, and rely on the risen Jesus when we gather. It says that when we come together each one is free to share something in the meeting (1 Corinthians 14:26) If Christians would obey that Scripture, we would be much more effective at opening up our heart to each other and to the risen Jesus.

When you’ve been trained to live with an open heart, you’re no longer concerned about people’s opinions of you. You are not bound by what the Bible calls “the fear of man.” (Proverbs 29:25) Jesus wants all of His followers to have that kind of freedom. (John 8:36) Do you? Whoever literally trusts in, relies on, and depends on the presence and promptings of the risen Lord instead of on religious programs will begin to feel safe to open up his heart. (Proverbs 29:25)

Let your pain point you to Jesus. Let your disappointments direct you to His presence. Let Jesus continually direct you from within and demonstrate His glory through your daily life.

In the USA one side likes to call people “haters” and the other side likes to call people “idiots.” I prefer to call people friends. Ok, American Christians. Dare to obey Christ’s command to love your enemies. Here is a first step: Republican Christians send some nice flowers and a kind note to a Democrat you know. Democrat Christians send some nice flowers and a kind note to a Republican you know. Jesus said: “If you love Me keep my commandments.” Do you love Jesus?

Regardless of the political climate, Jesus commands His followers to love each other and even to love their enemies. Why is enemy love so rare?