Change starts in the heart and then moves outward. So the spiritual disciplines that we're going to be focusing on start internal, then move towards external and then relational or corporate. The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart. If we want to change the world, we have to allow God to change our hearts, then move on to our home, then lastly the external world.

What we're going to be talking about today is how we should love someone, but not focus on trying to love everyone.

“Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good.” Romans 12:9

Love is active, tolerance is passive. We are told to love our neighbor and our friends, our enemies, to visit and look after the less fortunate. The alone, forgotten, fatherless, and the widows. Those are all singular people, not all of mankind. God loved the whole world, but I can't do that. I think we should love someone the way that we wish we could love everyone.

We can’t love everyone, but everyone can love someone. The more we meditate on God’s word and align our heart with His, the more we will act in a manner of love. Love is not an action, it is a source of action.

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