5 Ways To Love Like Jesus
The gospel of Jesus Christ is based on love, and we are to love like He does. God loved us and sent Jesus to die for our sins so that we would not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
No one is beyond the love of Christ in the world and when we accept Him as our Savior, His love dwells in our hearts. In the Bible, it is shown how to love others like Jesus.
❤ God’s love for us is unconditional, and we don’t do anything to deserve it. We are to receive God’s love into our hearts and allow it to flow into the lives of others around us. He showed us how to love others, and we are to follow His example with 5 ways to love like Jesus.
1) Show Kindness
By being kind to our neighbors and others we encounter every day, we are showing them the love of Christ. To love like Christ be kind to others even when we don’t think they deserve it. We can help others out of the goodness of our hearts and put a smile in their faces.
Instead of treating others in an impersonal way, we can be friendly and kind with them even when we don’t know them. The love of Christ is not only for those we know but the strangers we meet along the way as well.
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you”
Ephesians 4:32
2) Pray for Others
Prayer is powerful and invites God to intervene in the lives of others. Jesus wants us to pray for others so that He can move in their situations and give them a breakthrough from their troubles.
🙏 We don’t have to pray for others only when they are having trouble, but all the time. When you have nothing else to offer someone, you can pray for them and trust that God will answer that prayer.
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people”
Ephesians 6:18
3) Love Others the Way you Love Yourself
For us to love like Jesus did, we have to start by loving ourselves. You can only love others and do things for them the way you do for yourself. If you are to love yourself unconditionally, receive God’s love, which He freely gives you.
Love is a fruit of the Spirit and it exists in our hearts when we accept Christ and have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. With a heart full of God’s love, you can love others even those who behave in an unloving way toward you.
“And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’”
Matthew 22:29
4) Show Patience
1 Corinthians 13:4 says that love is patient, and when we show patience to others, we are showing them the love of Christ. As patient people, we are to bear with one another and give others room to grow and become more like Christ.
We are to treat others with patience wherever we go because people are different from us and we don’t know the battles they face each day. It’s hard to be patient with others in this fast paced world where we want things done instantly. But if we take the time to be patient, we will be sharing God’s love with others.
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
How to share your faith with others? The answer in this article: 9 Easy Ways To Share The Word Of God With Others
5) Love your Enemies
Not everyone you encounter is your friend and others will become your enemies for reasons best known to them. Just because others hate us and choose to persecute us doesn’t mean that we are to treat them the same way. Jesus wants us to love them and pray for them because He knows they need His saving power.
When we love our enemies, we are demonstrating that with Christ in our hearts, we can love them and desire the best for them. Jesus did not want us to return evil for evil 👿 but to overcome evil with good. By praying for our enemies, we are inclined to let go of the ill will we have for them in our hearts because of what they have done to us.
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Matthew 5:44
Conclusion: How to Love Like Jesus?
God is love and if we call ourselves godly, then we need to show others the love of Christ. Love is something we show others whether they deserve it or not in obedience to God.
It can be hard to love those we consider difficult but the grace of God will help us do it. Pray for a loving and caring heart toward others, and that you will be a reflection of the love of Christ in the world.
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au alonzo on
Thank you for this message. Also, the song touched my heart and made me reflect on how I extend love to others. Praying to God to cause me to love like Jesus.
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Lynnette Williams on
It was a great joy to read this information, after having a dream about asking my pastor to do a sermon or a series on Love. I did not ask him because this still voice say to me you do it. So I began to write according to scripture. After reading your articles an see what I believe the Lord was speaking to me and confirmed by what you were saying and what a ninety nine year old said to me, that I am one out of million that no one has a heart like mines that I think about others more than myself and that what is oozing out of me where ever I come in contact with they will feel and know the difference. Just a portion of what was said. My total desire is to Love Like Christ Knowing that He Loves Me/ unconditionally.
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Rosie Gibbons on
Thank you for this wonderful information. I pray to God to help me to change my life and learn to love unconditional. Even to those that speak bad of me. Lord please forgive me for not showing love as much as I should.
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Thank you for this beautiful and spiritual message.. GOD bless you ♥️ on
Thank you for this beautiful and spiritual message.. GOD bless you ♥️
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John groves on
Thank you pray for me this is what I have been looking for I only hope my heart isn’t too hard
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MyeshaBrewer on
I Learned to Love Everything one even the people I don’t no because God Give us the Wisdom yo show are Love Amen
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Leonard MANIRAMPA on
May God bless you and protect you against any danger for encouraging us in this such powerful work of God !!!!!
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Thank you beloved child of God !!! You are a light and salt in Kingdom of God
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Lawrenc(Miles)Rowland on
Thankyou for the answers
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Ron Vete on
I am like you my love for Jesus is so real. I am 71 years old and still going strong. I play the piano and write music. A song I wrote came word for word “I just begun to fight”…That is me I am still fighting for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
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Opio John on
This 5ways can build us in christ to be like him.
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Paul zakka on
God bless you for this words of wisdom, knowledge and faith in Jesus Christ. May our lord Jesus increase his love in our hearts through the holy spirit in jesus name, amen
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Olumide junaid on
I Also have passion for Christians literature I am a TRACT SHARING EVANGELIST From Nigeria Thanks
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Ken Thompson on
Thanks Kayla for this message. I needed it.
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Sylvia Turne on
Thank you for these words of wisdom and knowledge. Have been going through, a struggle hearing others speak in tongue.And hardly ever speak.I believe I feel the present of the lord or maybe its just the prayers of others .I really need some assurance that I am still ,saved.God bless.
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Sina Mhinga on
I pray to God to bless you and your small family and to give you the desires of your heart. I pray that He gives you the strength to continue spreading the Gospel the way you do. Stay blessed.
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Desmond on
I love what you have written about how to love God with all strength or live the best life for God. I’m inspired
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Emmanuel on
My heart and mind is totally changed , I thank the almighty God for feeding me with this spiritual words
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Joanne Slater on
Thank you for your message
Love is the Greatest Gift of all, it says without love we just like a clanging symbol . We win others to christ through love and other fruits of the spirit that’s why they so important. We can only change Ask the Holy Spirit do work in us change the way we think act and behave. In Jesus mighty name Amen 🙏 -
Morgan DSouza on
This message is a big God blessing and inspiration from the heavenly Abba Father. I thank Jesus for His grace . Finally I thank you for the way to Lord Jesus
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Roxanne Marcano on
Hello thank you for your article. The more I read the bible the more I learn how important love is but I struggle in this aspect. But I continue in hope because I feel God is at work in me teaching me through my experiences how to grow in my love for Him, others and myself. So I dont think I read your article by chance, and I thank God for it and for you. May He continue to work through you to share his message and may he bless you and your family richly for your goodness. Please pray for my breakthrough to love like Christ.
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Janet on
This message is very powerful on point with the very problem l’m having with siblings. Will be meditating for strength.
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Mary Kenley on
Inspirational messagse. Thank you.
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Jose vigil on
Vastly, massively, inspiring for my inner being, my thirty soul, for the word of God!!!
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Willem Pretorius on
Keep enjoying your journey with God! The best is before you, as His power is released in your obedience to love.
Thank you!!
I want to know more of the Holy Spirit