On Loving Our Neighbor

On our Facebook page at Praying for Greater Montgomery, AL, I posted this thought for the week.Ponder this as you go about your week and encounter those who are "tough to love".

Great verse to meditate on this week as we continue to pray for our Greater Montgomery area. Part of loving Jesus is loving those we may not like. Look around you today. Who are those you don't like and don't want to love. That is the very person you and I need to be loving today. Meditate on this verse every day this week. 

What is God telling you through these words about loving your city/town?

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful".
– Luke 6:32-36 (NIV)