Key Bible Verse: Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ (1 Corinthians 9:22). Bonus Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:20-23

How can you compensate for your weaknesses and get to know your neighbors better in the process? Ask for help!

I often begin projects without knowing how they'll end. I experiment and learn as I go. This usually works, but when I started to build a go-cart out of a cast-off riding lawnmower, I was soon in over my head. So I invited a technically proficient neighbor to help me, and we had fun for four hours. During that time, he also shared several deep concerns.

Another time, when Amanda and I lived in a two-bedroom apartment, friends of ours from college days, Paul and Tina, arrived for a visit in an old car with worn-out brakes. I volunteered to help Paul replace them. We pulled off a wheel and began removing springs and other brake parts, but soon I knew we were in trouble. "Hey," I called out to a man walking by, "you know anything about brakes?"

He hesitated and then grinned. "A little bit." He passed along a few pointers and gave me his apartment number in the adjoining complex. That simple conversation developed into a relationship with him and his wife that lasted almost 25 years. And he became a Christian!

—Stephen Sorenson in Like Your Neighbor

My Response: How could being vulnerable help me connect with a neighbor?

Thought to Apply: The Holy Spirit can't save seats or saints. If we don't know any non-Christians, how can we introduce them to the Savior?—PAUL LITTLE (evangelist)

Adapted from Like Your Neighbor (InterVarsity, 2005) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Teach me, Lord, how to live the gospel naturally among those that You care deeply about.

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