Philippians 2:5 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus.
Jesus is always a loving and compassionate person. He did all things out of love for others and he dies on the cross out of love for his people with the desire to give people everlasting life. Therefore, all that we do should be done out of live. We should reach out to others and seek to help them because we love them. We should treat ourselves with respect because our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Your body is meant to honor the Lord, so you - we need to act, behave, and dress in a manner that is respectful to our bodies out of our love for the Lord - because we want to honor him always. All acts should be completed with love and out of love for another person.
Also, over the past week I was on a retreat/mission trip where there was a talk given on being a self-gift. God did not have to give us life. We did not have to be born or put on this earth; however, God chose to put us here. God has on this earth at this time for a reason. We are here to serve and we must learn to serve with joy because that is how Christ served. We must carry ourselves and work joyfully in order to be most pleasing to our Lord. The reason we should treat our body respectfully is because when we are being respectful to ourselves then it is easier for us to be joyful in our service to the Lord.
Therefore, have the same joyful, compassionate, loving attitude of Christ. In serving in joy, you can come to define yourself and find out who you are by imitating Christ because we belong to Christ and we can only define ourselves through Christ.
God bless!
Keep praying!
In the love of Jesus & Mary,
amber
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