Care about them as much as you care about yourselves. Philippians 2:4
“Care not merely about your own things, but about your neighbor’s?”
Tertullian of Carthage (155-220) in On the Apparel of Women Book 2, Chapter 2.
When this posts it will be Thursday morning in Hong Kong.
Today’s event with pastors and ministry workers aims to challenge them biblically and practically to map standards together for administration and governance to honor God and position ministries to flourish.
This relates directly to today’s Scripture in this way.
It’s easy for a church or ministry to think only about it’s own work and ignore what other Christian servants are doing in the same district, region, or country. In this context, caring puts the needs of neighbor churches and ministries equal with our own.
While your church or ministry may be strong, what about the churches and ministries around you?
The idea of caring shows that we put our heart into it. We add thoughtfulness to it. We combine love with it. This did not match the ancient culture and looks different from modern patterns.
When we work together the strong help the weak and the body of Christ is strengthened.
Not only that, we learn fresh insights. We discover unanticipated blessings. We make new friends. And we bless others and receive blessing from them in ways both they and we could have never imagined.