Proverbs 19:17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, And He will pay back what he has given.

Have you ever thought about who you affect by doing something to others? First you affect yourself. Then you affect them. Then you affect the people around you… But you also affect God!

God always watches us and sees what we do to others. He does not like it when we are not nice to others; but when we are nice to others, we will see that God will be pleased with us and will show us that He is happy with the way we are now living. But when we are horrible to others we should not look for a reward from God!

1 John 3:11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: we should love one another.

If we want to start acting like Christians then we need to understand why we should act that way. Jesus gave us a simple commandment to love one another, not as the other people “love” each other but as God has commanded us to.

That love means opening your heart to others and allowing them into your life. That love means sharing because you can. That love means caring because you see a need. That love must not be “switched off” like the world does but should always be available like God’s love is to us…

1 John 3:17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

One thing you will notice about Christians is that they are willing to share things with you; this is because that is exactly what God has taught us from the beginning and what Jesus reminded us when He was with man on earth.

If we start acting like Christians we will find it a lot easier to understand Christians and understand why God wants us to be this way; but it means that we may well have to change the way we look at other people because we will have to look at them as needing something rather than as losers…