Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31-32) Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those …
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22752.4 How Can I Forgive?
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?… You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (Matthew 7:3, 5) Are you ready …
22752.5 Are You Angry?
But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice. (Colossians 3:8) Anger is universal. Everyone across the world has been angry at some time in their life. You can vent it, stuff it, or deny it; or you can get rid of it. Every day you can watch the news and see …
22752.6 Anger Can Kill You
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. (Proverbs 3:7-8) Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. (Proverbs 19:11, AMP) Proverbs 16:24 AMP Pleasant words are as …
22752.7 Did God Really Say “Get Angry”?
“Be angry, and do not sin.” (Ephesians 4:26, NKJV) Many people use this verse to justify their anger saying that God instructs us to get angry and that we are not sinning if the other person is wrong and we are right. The problem with that line of thought is that we always think we are …
22752.8 A Date With Death
Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment. (Hebrews 9:27) There will come a time in every single person’s life when they will face death. If you knew that today was your last day to live, what would be important to you? Certainly your list of chores would be at …
22752.9 Will God Answer My Prayer?
You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. (James 4:2-3) Have you ever prayed really expecting God to answer, or do you just say the words because you know you should? …
22753.0 Take Every Thought Captive
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5) Driving down the …
22753.1 Practicing the Basics
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get …
22751.2 What Does It Mean to Be Born Again?
Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no-one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” (John 3:3) Why do you need to be born again? What in the world does that mean? You’ve heard Christians talking about how they have been “born again”, or “saved”, or have “received eternal life”. Do they …
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