Dear Robert Sanders. In Matthew 7: 7-10: we are told: " Ask and you shall receive," we ask for God`s Love and Joy. We keep asking and receiving, then we thank God for Love and Joy, and share it all with our neighbour:
neighbour being: all we know and all we meet, friends and not friends.
The Bible tells us: " Repent and be Born Again," change our selfish wishes and wants, and become loving and caring and always friendly and helpful. God will see our loving efforts and God will approve and bless us. We might stumble and forget at times, but then we ask God to forgive us, and carry on loving and caring. A Christian`s weapon is LOVE, with love we will overcome all wrong behaviour and enmity. People will treat us as we treat people, this imperfect world will be joyful and worth living in. We might stumble and forget at times, but then we ask God to forgive us, and carry on loving and caring.
In Luke 10: 25-28: Jesus is asked: " Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered: " In Matthew 22: 25-30: I tell you: " Love God with all your hearts, with all your souls, and with all your minds. Also: Love your neighbour as you love yourselves." Jesus also points out: " On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." God is Love, and God wants loving sons and daughters. The Holy Spirit will help and guide us, and Jesus our Saviour will lead us all the way: JESUS IS THE WAY.
We ask and receive, then we share all LOVE and JOY with our neighbour.
I say this with love, Robert. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.