{"id":527,"date":"2012-07-20T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/?p=527"},"modified":"2012-07-11T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T20:51:20","slug":"do-what-he-did-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do What He Did!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When Jesus walked on earth, He was on a mission from Almighty God. His mission was to pave the way for us to live in eternity with Him. Not only did He show us the way to everlasting life, He gave us the example of how we are to live here on earth.<\/p>\n

All throughout scripture, we see that Jesus went around doing good to others. He encouraged people when they were down. He spoke words of life and hope. He lifted people\u2019s burdens and set them free. He healed the sick and opened blind eyes. He looked for people to be good to, and the power of the Holy Spirit was upon Him in a mighty way.<\/p>\n

If we want to see more of God\u2019s anointing in our lives every day\u2014if we want to experience His burden-moving, yoke-destroying power\u2014we need to do what He did and be good to the people around us. Scripture tells us that as believers in Jesus, the same Holy Spirit that empowered Jesus also dwells in us (Romans 8:11). It\u2019s up to us to activate that power by believing Him and then following His example.<\/p>\n

Today, I want to encourage you to look for people to be good to. Why not start with your own family? I know people who are better to strangers than they are to their own family members. Even if you don\u2019t see eye to eye, you can encourage someone\u2019s heart. You can find ways to do good. You can pray for them and speak the Word of God over them. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how you can be a blessing to someone. Even a simple note can lighten someone\u2019s load and empower them with courage for the day.<\/p>\n

Remember, Jesus didn\u2019t go around condemning people; He went around loving them, encouraging them, and setting them free. He knows that we can rise higher, and we need to instill that same hope in others. I believe that as we follow after Jesus, as we do what He did, we will rise to a whole new level. We\u2019ll see His power and influence increase in our lives so that we can live as His examples of love everywhere we go.
\nI tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things\u2026 (John 14:12, NIV).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Jesus walked on earth, He was on a mission from Almighty God. His mission was to pave the way for us to live in eternity with Him. Not only did He show us the way to everlasting life, He gave us the example of how we are to live here on earth. All throughout…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,4],"tags":[19,14,12],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-daily-inspiration","category-encouragement","tag-daily-words-by-joel-osteen","tag-joel-and-victoria-osteen","tag-victoria-osteen"],"yoast_head":"\nDo What He Did!!! - Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do What He Did!!! - Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Jesus walked on earth, He was on a mission from Almighty God. His mission was to pave the way for us to live in eternity with Him. Not only did He show us the way to everlasting life, He gave us the example of how we are to live here on earth. All throughout…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-20T10:49:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-07-11T20:51:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/files\/2012\/07\/Water-lilies-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"victoriaosteen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do What He Did!!! - Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do What He Did!!! - Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen","og_description":"When Jesus walked on earth, He was on a mission from Almighty God. His mission was to pave the way for us to live in eternity with Him. Not only did He show us the way to everlasting life, He gave us the example of how we are to live here on earth. All throughout…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/","og_site_name":"Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen","article_published_time":"2012-07-20T10:49:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-07-11T20:51:20+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/files\/2012\/07\/Water-lilies-300x225.jpg"}],"author":"victoriaosteen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/","name":"Do What He Did!!! - Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/files\/2012\/07\/Water-lilies-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2012-07-20T10:49:06+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-11T20:51:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/#\/schema\/person\/d772ba07d9103c3f63b8e4c9f74e2efa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/files\/2012\/07\/Water-lilies-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/files\/2012\/07\/Water-lilies-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/2012\/07\/20\/do-what-he-did-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do What He Did!!!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/","name":"Words of Hope and Inspiration with Joel and Victoria Osteen","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Joel and Victoria Osteen","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/#\/schema\/person\/d772ba07d9103c3f63b8e4c9f74e2efa","name":"victoriaosteen","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/author\/victoriaosteen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wordsofhopeandinspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}