Bear with each other & forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. (Colossians 3:13-14). The key to forgive others is remembering how much God has forgiven you. Is it difficult for you to forgive someone who has wronged you a little when God has forgiven you so much? The Lord forgives you daily. Remember that we sin in word, in deed & in thought. Realizing God's infinite love & forgiveness can help you love & forgive others. Love covers over a multitude of sins. If you are loving, you will forgive easily. All the virtues that Paul encourages us to develop are perfectly bound together by love. To practice any list of virtues without practicing love will lead to distortion, fragmentation, & stagnation. Let the love of God binds us together. Thank you Jesus. Good morning Holy Spirit. Prayer: Father, help us to put on love, which binds us all together in perfect unity. Our churches are divided & fragmented. Help us to have &/or maintain unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Help us to be forgiving people. In Jesus mighty name we pray & believe, Amen. God bless you.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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