Luke 10:29 “And who is my neighbor?”
Last night I attended a neighborhood meeting on what we could do about a string of robberies that has taken place in our neighborhood the past six weeks (you may remember someone tried to break into our house while we were still there). It was very interesting because one of the solutions for this problem suggested to us by a crime prevention specialist was really quite simple; get to know your neighbors. We were told to get to know the people we live next door to and across the street from, to learn to recognize their daily pattern, what their car
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s look like, when they’re going to out of town and so forth. In general, be more neighborly with our neighbors. I found this to be a rather intriguing solution because one of the things we’ve been learning in church is that if we want to fulfill the great commission and go and make disciples of the world, for many of us that starts by simply going next door. We can improve the security of our neighborhoods and help people discover eternal security for their souls simply by getting to know our neighbors, don’t you think that’s good news?