The Art of Neighboring – 6

The Art of Neighboring

Seeing People as Individuals, Not Projects

We live in a world where it’s easy to get caught up in the mindset of “fixing” people. We see someone struggling with an issue, a behavior, or a situation, and our natural instinct might be to help them by fixing the problem. But, as followers of Jesus, we’re called to look beyond the physical and see people for who they really are, and as God sees them. We’re called to love them! Not for what we can do for them; but because they’re precious, created in the image of God.

So how does Jesus see people?

1.  Jesus

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    people with

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Matthew 9:36

2.  Jesus

 people with  and

John 4:7-9

3.  Jesus showed us, Neighboring is about

, not

Matthew 9:36         John 4:7-9

 

• The Art of Neighboring doesn’t have

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1 Corinthians 12:12-27

 

• The Art of Neighboring is not doing the work, we’re also talking about being in Christian community, being with “Our People” who work and support and care for each other.

1 Corinthians 12:26           Galatians 6:2           Acts 2:44-47

 

My one takeaway from today’s message is