76/365: The Work Starts Now

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ~ Galatians 6:2

Jesus taught us to serve others. He addresses this in his Sermon on the Mount in Matthew saying, "go the extra mile".

He says we aren't supposed to do just enough to get by... but dig in and double down on helping one another.

If you are waiting to get your own life straight before helping someone else, then you are missing the blessing that will help your troubles the most - which is serving others.

GO DEEPER: Proverbs 31: 8-9

NEXT STEP: Start by praying for the courage to take action. And get your brothers covered in prayer.

Jack

on 08/07/2023 at 03:13 PM

Learning to balance saying Yes and taking care of my own needs. A big part is communing with god upfront everyday to get my source and not needing to please others to feel fulfilled.

Kevin Miller

on 03/17/2023 at 08:03 PM

I completely agree with Elliot. After doing a step program myself (celebrate recovery) I learned how important it is to help others. I learn so much when I do. What God has given to us is meant to be shared.

Robert McFaddin

on 03/17/2023 at 07:08 PM

I get SO “me” focused bc of all my marriage and family issues that I no doubt miss many opportunities to serve others.

scott mabry

on 03/17/2023 at 05:34 PM

Not mentioned in the text, but implied in the verse and equally important from my perspective is opening up to be served/helped by others. Sometimes as men, this is the harder part.

Ethan Rogers

on 03/17/2023 at 04:22 PM

I just wrote a whole bunch and accidentally erased it by going back, be careful with that. Anyway, the vibe is sent out to the universe. God bless you all my brothers, I am praying for everyone and pray when I read your contributions. Thanks to God, today I can say I love you to another man. Praise to the God of Love and all understanding ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️

Old Dude

on 03/17/2023 at 03:17 PM

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life.

Delray Sheen

on 03/17/2023 at 02:56 PM

To Adam and Elliot, prayers sent. I've previously asked you men to pray for me to find brothers of the faith and I wanna report that the Lord God answered, our Men's group at church has been a God send, as a new believer I typically would feel unworthy or fearful of rejection but not here. God has already used me in a brothers situation, in a worldly sense we'd should have nothing in common but in our walk we've become great friends. We've found the things we've struggled with are very similar. I realize that helping others goes both ways, both sides need to be sincere, vulnerable, and courageous. To extend help and to accept help, to give words of wisdom and to heed the words. May we all be courageous and rebuke satan when he tries to tell you that you are unworthy of helping anyone or unworthy of being helped. In Jesus name.

Brandon Pembleton

on 03/17/2023 at 01:20 PM

I can personally attest to this! Before recovery and sobriety I recall making a list of things that make me happy and sad. At the top of the happy list was helping others. I knew it back then but did not feel I was worthy to help others since I felt a mess inside. Once in recovery from alcoholism I began to share at meetings based on the topic. Not long into it someone said to me after a meeting thank you what you said really helped me with something today. I was still a mess inside at the time but the light bulb lit up that I and everyone else can be beacons of hope and help others even when we are still messy. That the proper order of things is to seek to help others first. That becomes an actionable pathway to peace and I believe God wants us to do that as a way to know Him better. To me I can only truly help someone else if I pray to Him guide my words and my actions to be of service. He makes it happen and gives me the clarity needed to help then. In return for helping God makes me feel fulfilled and I see how my own struggles are actually just tools to help another. So in that way all of the yuck in my life is a gift. A gift of guidance to light the way for others struggling. Thank you God, I love you amen 🙏

Boyce Moses

on 03/17/2023 at 12:41 PM

Our main mission on earth is to help each other. Never be hesitant to help a brother in need or lend a helping hand. Life can be rough for all of us, try to make it easier for someone else. Love you Jesus! 💚💜🧡💙

Adam C.Morales

on 03/17/2023 at 12:25 PM

God please give me the courage to help others, please help me to forgive myself for my sins on my marriage, wife and family. Please help me to forgive my mother and father. I know I need to love them and forgive them. Sometimes I fell I’m forgiving myself and and them then something will said or done to make hut comeback. Just now a comment was made and the hurt comes for her and me. How can forgiveness happen if she has not forgiven me? Please help me God I beg of You!

Jeffrey Pfliegier

on 03/17/2023 at 12:25 PM

by helping others it helps me to stay balanced between being a perfect spirit and an imperfect human.

Tommy Williamson

on 03/17/2023 at 11:59 AM

There a 1960s song sung many artists but first popularized by the Hollies. The songs title says it all: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother". As Christians this is the way that we should feel about all people. Many times the greatest blessings I”be received was because I stopped to help to somebody I didn’t even know. Such is the time I was driving through Amish country and came across an family standing around their buggy which had just lost s wheel. I stopped to see if I could offer aid. They had already sent the oldest son to the closest son for help and the father started to refuse my offer but before he could say anything I was under the buggy and started lifted it with my back against the bottom soon I managed to get just high enough to let the father get the wheel on and set in place just as another child came running back with the axle nut. I had not clue where I had found the type of strength but soon the wheel was back on the buggy and the nut tightened on as tight as it could get tightened. That night I had dinner in that Amish home as a thank you. They you so happy that I had stopped to help and I was glad the Lord had given me enough strength to do it. The same holds true in our spiritual life. We need to be willing and ready to help all that we encounter.

Elliott

on 03/17/2023 at 10:30 AM

I was told that the only way to keep it is by giving it away. I'm in a 12 step program where one of the ways to keep in a fit spiritual condition is by sharing my story of how it was, what happened and what it's like now. And how hard it is for me to let go and let God, help guide me through life. I am trying to understand why, I can't stay Sober. I have been trying for 18 years, I have had 7.5 years of continuous sobriety. Then I lost who I was because I was not helping another person. I let a person control me and stopped me from helping someone else. I fell more and more into a self-centered depression, I fell victim to temptation lust, envy, false pride because I forgot who I was because I wasn't helping someone else with understanding that the only way to keep it is by giving it away. this week has been amazing for my recovery, A gentleman helped me understand that by helping someone else helps me more than I can help them. I am focused on my recovery by helping others by telling my story and letting others know that they are not alone. one day at a time, it is not about how it you started the race but it's about how you finish.

76/365: The Work Starts Now

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