76. LOVE FOR THE LOST    --page 626--

         He that goeth forth & weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him (Ps.126:6).

         1. You're His hands, His feet, His eyes & His heart, & if you don't love them, God will still love them, but they'll suffer from your neglect.
         2. I'll believe how much you love me when I see how you feed my sheep!
         3. You don't have to like the sinner, you only have to love him!
         4. The heartcry of the World: See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
         5. To pity distress is but human, to relieve it is God-like.
         6. Jesus, help us to bring to the lonely people the Love that alleviates their loneliness.
         7. Hate the sin, but love the sinner.
         8. Love the sinner, but not his sin! Love the Systemite, but not the System!
         9. "To love them is to weep with them that weep, to suffer with them that suffer, & to feel the agony of heart with them whose hearts are broken!"
         10. If you love someone, you love them all the way!--All the way to Heaven & all the way through Eternity!
         11. Your love didn't fail us, Lord! Help our love not to fail others.
         12. If you're too busy to heed the cry of those in need, you're busier than God Himself!
         13. The meaning of our existence--to convey love to the people & to show God's love to the World.
         14. Tipping is a way of loving. It is not so much the money, but the thought of it, the consideration. It's a good witness. How can you really love them if you are stingy with your tips? How are you going to talk to them about God's love when the thing they think they need the most is money.
         15. Do you long for the lost? Do you long for them as a woman longs for her lover? Does your heart go out to them? Do you weep for them? Do you seek them & go after them in the streets as in the Song of Solomon? Your flesh has to manifest the spirit of love in your heart.
         16. Do you really long for them & seek for them as the shepherd searches for the sheep that he loves?--As He longs & suffers & yearns & agonises for it that he may find it & woo it & win it back into the fold. Give these more compassion, Lord, more love, more longing for Thy sheep! Help them, O God! May Thy love constrain them, O Lord.
         17. Our mission is to bring sight to the blind, freedom to the fettered, love to the lost, & life, peace, joy, love & happiness with purpose & helpfulness to others.
         18. When you're talking & witnessing to others it's wonderful to have a tender heart where you can cry, because then they know you mean it & it'll often really touch their heart, too. Then they know it's the real thing, that you're sincere.
         19. If you love them, you'll not fail them! If you fail them, they'll feel God has failed them.
         20. If they can believe that you love them, then they can believe that God loves them. But if they get disillusioned & disappointed & don't believe that you love them anymore, they can also lose faith that God loves them.

         (See also No.151, 154A, 167, 202, 208, 211, 215, 224, 233, 235, 293, 304, 309, 323, 502R, 517, 538, 546, 561, 566, 572, 583, 617, 930, 1064, 1080, 1085.)

         (See Verses on Witnessing.)


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