Building Others Up!

“Strong people don’t put others down.  They lift them up.”-Michael P Watson

A friend sent me this quote this morning.  What a great reminder ?

Jesus lifts us up.  And reading the Bible, it’s clear that Jesus not only Loves us-He likes us too.  When He was on earth, Jesus enjoyed His time with us!  And remember, we are made in God’s Holy Image ?

There are some great Bible verses about lifting others up and not putting them down:

“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11

“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”- Romans 12:10

“Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.” – Romans 15:2

“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” – Phillippias 2:4

“What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.” – 1 Corinthians 14: 26

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”–1 Corinthians 13: 4-7

Clearly, God wanted us to “build each other up”.  And one of Christ’s greatest commandments was to love one another ? So loving each other and building each other up are good choices 🙂

And there is someone else we need to learn to build up and love-ourselves!

There is an old saying, “God does not make junk”.  Trite, but true ?.  As human beings, we have a tendency to run through a list in our minds of all the things that we have done wrong or failed to do. But how often do we run through a list of what we did right or what we actually did for others?

God wants us to love each other, but He also loves us!  Maybe we should too ?