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Today is August 6, 2009
Scripture verse of the day Ephesians 4:2
be humble and be gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowances for each other’s faults because of your love.
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Scripture reading of the day Galatians 6:1 — 10
Dear brothers, if a Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help them back on the right path, remembering that next time it might be one of you who is in the wrong.
Share each other’s troubles and problems, and so obey our Lord’s command. If anyone thinks he is too great to stoop to this, he is fooling himself. He is really a nobody.
Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well-done, and won’t need to compare himself with someone else.
Each of us must bear some faults and burdens of his own. For none of us is perfect!
Those were taught the word of God should help their teachers by paying them.
Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the good things of the Spirit, he will reap the everlasting life which the Holy Spirit gives him. And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t get discouraged and give up. That’s why whenever we can we should always be kind to everyone, and especially to our Christian brothers.
Sam’s response
Looking at today’s Scripture verse of the day, we as Christians are asked to become humble and gentle. We are to be patient with each other, making allowances for each other’s faults because of our love for others.
This is a very powerful piece of Scripture and it is a big separator from how we are to live versus those who are in the world live. More often than not we see people holding grudges against each other, ticked off because someone has done them wrong, unforgiving, not patient, nor do we give people the benefit of the doubt or compassion when they fault against us.
The Scripture says in first John 4:17… as he is, so are we in this world. Whenever we question how are supposed to respond to a situation, as cliché as it may sound, we must ask ourselves how would Jesus respond. In the Scripture above as he is is talking about Jesus.
There will be no perfection in this world as long as we are here in as long as sin is rampant and running throughout the streets of our world. But we can choose to respond in love. There is no greater love than God has for you and I. We are called to respond in love.
To truly receive God into our lives we all had to come to a place where we were broken and willing to accept God’s hand. There may be times in your life when you come to a place where there seems to be no one thier with outstretched hands to help you. But God’s hand will always be there if your heart is open to him
To be able to bare other’s faults and deal with other people’s shortcomings, we must first be able to deal with our own and bear the consequences of the seeds that we sow.
To protect ourselves from stagnating in our Christian walk, we must take on and improve our ability to love as God loves us. This can be very difficult when faced with people who are worldly and who do not forgive, or who do not see the pain and suffering they are bringing to our lives. I am in such a situation is that right now and I’m trying very hard not to hate this person because of what they’ve done.
Closing prayer…
Lord, I ask for the Holy Spirit to wisdom in all things that I do. I ask you to quicken my spirit to recognize when I am off the path of truth. God… I ask you to continue to pour out your love into my eyes, my mind, in my heart so that I may walk and talk more like Jesus every day. Help me to bare other’s grievances and faults that come directly against me or my family and give me the compassion and the ability to love in a situation that most would walk in anger and resentment. I especially ask you to watch over my daughter and her mind as she walks some very difficult days within a relationship that is very important to her. And God you know the person I’m talking about and I have prayed for her over the years. I ask for a miracle to happen in this person’s life in which they will be broken enough to be able to get on their knees and come to you for the answers in their life. I pray this in Jesus’s name
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