Love Yourself (Mark 12:28-34)
Gary McManus, 02/17/2019Part of the New Life series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
Mark 12:28-34
Mental health, self-love, John 13:34-35. . .
Do we really love ourselves?
Do American Christians love themselves
as Jesus loved them?
The statistics do not point in that direction.
We appear self-destructive.
[We have looked at Mark 9:14-29,
Luke 8:26-39. ]
Are we demon possessed?
Maybe. But the answer is the same
(demon or no demon): Jesus Christ.
[Luke 8:35-36, See Luke 8:26-39]
[See Matthew 17:14-20/21, Luke 9:37-43]
Do the Christians love themselves?
--suicides
--drug abuse
--alcohol abuse (Alcoholism is a disease.)
--lifestyle diseases
American Christians really are NOT any better.
Christian Pastors in many cases are worse offenders
than their people in their pews.
Self-love is NOT doing what we like/prefer.
Restaurants, menu choices and doughnuts!
What is self-love?
REST: Exodus 20:8-11, Colossians 2:16
(didn’t say NOT to observe it, rather
you have choice). Remember Genesis 2:2-3.
Diet, rest, and. . .EXERCISE.
Google self-love:
--seven step prescription for loving yourself
--15 proven tips and powerful exercises for self-love
--21 tips to love yourself in action. .
Most Christian websites will begin with the Bible
—reading, understanding and acknowledging that
God loves us all—right now.
God has given us His Holy Spirit through Jesus
to help us.
Keep reading the Bible. Keep praying.
Continue to be in worship.
ALL are habits of self-love.
Even pagans recommend forgiving yourself!
If I fall down, I don’t stay down. I have to live
like it is a new day and I am a new person.
Some folks have discovered that forgiving other
people is a benefit to the one who forgives.
Jesus helps us do that too.
Accept reality. If you can’t see what you are doing
TO yourself, then you can’t change it.
Jesus said that the sick DO need a doctor.
Finally, find out what God wants you to do
and then do it.
“Doing what God wants us to do
will always be the best for you.”
[See Romans 12:2, Philippians 4:9,
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 John 3:9]
Amen.
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