Showing Love: 4 Ways to Show Love to Others

Showing love is a mandate for every believer. Why? We serve a God that has love as His nature. If we claim to be His children, we must love and show love to others.

Showing love to others should not be a function of who they are or how they treat us. Every individual we encounter, family, friends, acquaintances, and even strangers, should experience God’s love through us. 

It is not uncommon to find Christians asking how they can show love without being misunderstood. If you fall into this category, we will show you four ways to show love to others in this post.

Showing Love to Others

God’s love is so wide, we can’t get around it, so deep, we cannot get to its depths, and so high, we cannot climb over it. This statement tells us that God’s love is beyond boundaries, and we should show it to all and sundry. Showing love to others can be quite tricky, especially in the world that we live in. This is why we have put together these four ways to show love to others below:

Generosity

The first way God showed us His love was by giving. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave.” Interestingly, we didn’t do anything to deserve the love He showed or the gift He gave.

We shouldn’t only be generous to people that deserve our generosity. Don’t just give gifts to people that have given to you before. Give to everyone as much as it is in your capacity to dispense. It is impossible to separate generosity from love. If you truly love, you will be ready to make sacrifices and give, even when it isn’t completely convenient.

Acts of kindness

Acts of kindness are closely related to generosity but more encompassing. When you show love in this manner, you esteem the other individual over yourself. You step out of your comfort zone to look at their needs and find ways to meet them.

Do you have to move all of the heavens to do this? Definitely not. Little drops of water make an ocean. Same way, little acts of kindness mean a whole lot. Showing acts of kindness tells the other individual that you think of them and value their needs. According to 1 Corinthians 13:5, love isn’t self-seeking. It shouldn’t always be about you. Try focusing on the needs of others and showing acts of kindness to them.

Encouragement

A lot is happening in our world these days, and so many people are going around with huge burdens. Sometimes, all these people need is someone to talk to, and they’ll get back on their feet. Do you know that even the most put-together individuals may have some weight on their shoulders?

One of the easiest ways of showing love is encouragement. To encourage means to make another strong. As you listen to the other party and share scripture and wisdom, you strengthen their spirits. Through your words, these individuals build their faith, strengthen their hope, and discover a new resolve to survive.

Ask God to season your lips with the right words when speaking to such individuals. Through the help of the Holy Spirit, you will speak encouraging words that will soothe their pain and strengthen them.

Prayers for others

Praying is one of the best ways to show love to others. You can pray for people while encouraging them or during your prayer time. When someone approaches you with a burden, hold their hands and pray with them. Don’t let it stop them, intercede for them when you are alone.

God hears our prayers, especially when we intercede for others. You will be surprised how many lives you can touch through your prayers. 

Conclusion

Showing others love doesn’t have to be so difficult. This post has shown you four ways to show God’s love to others. Do you have any others? Kindly share them with us in the comments section. Meanwhile, join GodKulture to connect with other like-minded believers.