Posts Tagged ‘ Relationship ’
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20, ESV
Who you spend time with matters. Bad company ruins good morals (1 Corinthians 5:20), but good company encourages the good.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10, ESV
Serve others, give to others, encourage others. Especially those in the Church.
We are a brotherhood, a family, united in our Big Brother and God, Jesus.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
Proverbs 27:5-6 ESV
It hurts more finding out others did not want to hurt your feelings rather than spare you difficulty and pain by correcting you.
Nip sin in the bud. Confront it in love, with gentleness, and sooner rather than later.
It hurts less than consequences.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29, ESV
God sustains and strengthens us. Without God … well … we would not even be!
Trust your Creator and lean on His strength.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Zephaniah 3:17, ESV
By the Holy Spirit Christ lives within us. We join in the celebration of the redeemed, basking in the glory of the One who saves and loves us with gladness and singing.
As my mother-in-law says, happy people sing. And our heavenly Father is happy to save!
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14, ESV
Christ made peace between us and God.
Therefore, we should make peace with others in this world, as much as possible (without compromising the Gospel).
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24 ESV
God wants to give good things to His people.
But He is not some cosmic vending machine. Rather, His people live according to His will.
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3, ESV
Faithfulness to Jesus inevitably invites hatred from worldly people and the fallen ones.
The Faithful One may allow you to suffer, but their words and attacks will not be able to shake you.
Remain in the foundation of Christ, your mighty fortress.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9, ESV
If you stay angry with someone, scripture calls you a fool.
Why?
Remaining angry solves nothing. Usually, sustained anger leads to bitterness and criticalness, and it can lead to sin and separation from others.
“For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”
Matthew 7:8, ESV
All are welcome to seek and call on the Name of the Lord.
Those who repent and believe then only need ask.
How many times do we not ask God for what we need, or even want?
a simple man of God 