Galatians 6:10 ‘As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith’.

DAILY READING:   •           Mark 10:32-52; 2 Samuel 24; Hosea 4:1-11a

Stormie Omartie is the author of several bestselling books. In 2002, her book ‘The Power of a Praying Wife’ broke a 21-year industry record by claiming the number one spot on the Christian Booksellers bestsellers list for 27 consecutive months. It stayed on the bestseller’s list for over 14 years. She is also a successful Gospel musician and prayer warrior.

However, Stormie was someone who was saved by the power of love. She grew up in a  home full of poverty and abuses. Her mother had a mental illness and she severely abused Stormie physically and emotionally, often locking her up in a closet for hours at a time and sometimes even forgetting that she was there. Because of this treatment, Stormie grew up with deep feelings of rejection, fear, depression, loneliness, and hopelessness. She tried to commit suicide in junior high school. In a bid to overcome depression, she became active in school activities and when she graduated from the university she began to work in Hollywood on several TV variety shows. Yet her life continued to be filled with emptiness. She turned to drugs and entered several relationships, yet that didn’t help. As her first marriage failed, again she contemplated suicide. But this time she had a friend named Terry, who shared Jesus with her. Because of the love and concern Terry showed to her, Stormie listened to the message of salvation and accepted Jesus as her personal Savior.  Stormie started attending Church and felt the love of God immediately. Soon Stormie saw her life change for the better as she grew to become a frontline Christian leader, mightily used by God to touch many lives across the world.

Indeed simply showing people love can make all the difference in their lives. All around us are hurting people who need our love and encouragement. Many people are dealing with unresolved issues, some have major problems of anger, resentment and pain they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for us to respond negatively over their shortcomings. When God puts love and compassion in our heart toward someone, He’s offering us an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life.

Galatians 6:10 says “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men…

We do good to men when we shine the love of Christ on them. We should learn to show love to people in our everyday actions. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Love is seen through our actions.  And when we show love, we are showing God to the world, because God is love.

People will know we are true Christians by our fruits, not by the scriptures we can quote or the many Christian bumper stickers on our cars. People will know that we’re true believers when we bless them with our words and our actions.

Today, somebody needs the overflow of God’s love from your heart.  When you take your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to others, God will indeed do for you exceedingly, abundantly above all you could ever ask, think or imagine.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to love You totally and to also share Your love with all that come my way. Please also grant me the grace to give expression to Your love in my heart through the continual flow of Your praise from my lips in Jesus Name.

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Praise always guarantees you power for a raise, learning to praise God in season and out of season is key to fulfilling destiny. – WORDBITE 222.