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Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness — without it no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14, CSB
How can we not try to live at peace with others when God has brought peace between Himself and us through Christ? Rely on His peace and extend it to others through forgiveness and grace.
bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.
Colossians 3:13, CSB
How can we withhold forgiveness when we have been forgiven so much by God? Rely on and learn the patience and grace granted to us through the Holy Spirit.
so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other. So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.
1 Corinthians 12:25-27, CSB
Jesus calls us to love each other as He loves us, and He empowers His Church to show grace, forgiveness, and encouragement to each other, to lift each other up and carry each other as we need it.
Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger forever because he delights in faithful love.
Micah 7:18, CSB
Our God let us make choices that often are not good and cause problems, to rebel against Him. But Jesus came to live, die, and rise again to life for our forgiveness and hope, if we believe.
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints — and by continuing to serve them.
Hebrews 6:10, CSB
Jesus gave us a new commandment, to love the Church, and He helps us by growing our love for His Church as we seek Him.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9, CSB
Jesus has called us to salvation, and He has called us to share this salvation with others. Sometimes, we’re ready for the end to come, but He is waiting until we have carried His gospel to everyone.
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:2, CSB
Jesus calls us to emerge from and engage this world with the gospel, and He helps us every step of the way, for He is our Creator and Savior.
“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14, CSB
Jesus has put His light in us and called us to live like Him, so let us pray that He helps us overcome ourselves and live His truth so that others may see us and turn to Him.
Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”
Mark 4:9, CSB
Jesus said some things that can be hard to understand or to love out. Let us pray for understanding and the courage to obey.
What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?
Matthew 18:12, CSB
Life can be crazy, and it doesn’t help when we push each other away. Let us be like our Lord who came after us, and, when we see a fellow believer wandering off, let’s collectively pursue and strengthen them in Christ.
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