Encouraging Words in Discouraging Times - Part 1 | Dr. Michael Youssef

[@jenellecollis8938]

What a heart for our Heavenly Father you have dear Pastor. God Bless you and keep you strong and healthy 🙏🌎🙏🇺🇸🙏🇮🇱🙏🇦🇺🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@BeverleyLupton]

AMEN ❤

[@corpnupe85]

Amen!😇🙏

[@barbarajackson3901]

Amen!!!❤

[@pamelakukde6136]

My brethren, let us encourage each other to demonstrate the mercy, love, and compassion of Christ, even to those we may be reluctant to trust, such as, the foreigners among us, who are also the children of a loving, merciful God. Are we not called to show mercy and love of Christ to others regardless of whether they are citizens of our country or newcomers, strangers, immigrants, foreigners or even follow another religion? Didn’t the Good Samaritan show considerable mercy and kindness to a stranger who was outside of his race (Luke 10: 29-37? Did he ridicule the stranger or attack him with harsh words or condemn him with false accusations? Didn’t Jesus say that we must show others mercy and that the mercy of God would be in the same measure to us (see Luke 6:36, James 2:13-18)? What would Jesus think about and say about how we treat refugees, legal or illegal immigrants, asylum seekers, or even migrants-would God be pleased or ashamed of how we often fail to treat them the way we would like to be treated in similar circumstances? Jesus said, “I was a stranger and you invited me in.”-Matthew 25:35 (NIV). See and treat others as you would Jesus. The bible tells us not to oppress or mistreat foreigners (Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 19:33-34)) but to honour their dignity and humanity and love them as yourselves (Leviticus 19:34). Show hospitality to strangers as they may be angels who you have shown kindness to (Hebrews 13:1-2). Let us be a light in this world and show the love and mercy of Christ so that we may win over the hearts and minds of others to Christ. We do this not through attacking others but through demonstrating the grace of Christ so that Jesus may live through us.

[@pramodwilson2354]

Powerful. But I always think. Do you White people, need a Brown man, to tell you Inspiring Stories from the Bible.... What an Upside Down World' have we made for Ourselves.

[@leadingtheway]

The beauty of the gospel is that it transcends race, culture, and nationality because it speaks to the universal need for salvation through Jesus Christ. Whether the message comes from a 'Brown man' or a 'White man,' it is not the messenger who matters, but the truth they carry. As the apostle Paul said, 'We preach Christ crucified' (1 Corinthians 1:23). The gospel turns the world 'upside down' not because of who shares it but because it changes lives across every boundary. Let us rejoice that God uses people from all nations to proclaim His eternal truth!

[@pramodwilson2354]

I think you did not understand what I am struggling to put forward. God bless you my friend. If I am wrong in my understanding of what you were saying, please excuse me.​@@leadingtheway