Loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:37-40) would be easy if your neighbors” were all people you already understood. People you already agreed with. People like you.

But what about your highly opinionated relative who votes differently than you and rubs it in your face every time you’re together? The annoying person who keeps posting about how bad they have it during this pandemic? The colleague who continually blames and curses God for the mess the world is in right now? Are those the “neighbors” that Jesus expects us to love as well?

Yep. Every one of them. But how?

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From Series: "When Life Hurts"

This Week's Sermon: "How to Uplift Your Soul"

Frustration, mental fatigue, and weariness are all part of life, especially now. While we may not be able to change our circumstances just yet, many of us would like to change the way we feel during these circumstances, if that could be possible. The ancient people who lived during biblical times were no different. They experienced all the same ups and downs that we do, but they learned how to coach themselves through those emotions. The wisdom they learned might just help us today to uplift our souls.

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