A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 read more
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The Art of Forgiving and Forgetting
[Love] is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. —1 Corinthians 13:5 read more
Things to Be Thankful For
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. —Colossians 3:15 read more
God's View of Marriage
Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. ... "I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel. —Malachi 2:15-16 read more
Let the Past be Past ... at Last
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. —Psalm 103:12 read more
Why Do I Have Enemies?
God left him to test him and to know everything that was in his heart. —2 Chronicles 32:31 read more
Turn an Enemy Into a Friend
That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. —2 Corinthians 12:10 read more
Loving Your Enemies
But I tell you: Love your enemies. ... If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? —Matthew 5:44, 46 read more
Praying for Those Who Hurt You
... and pray for those who persecute you ... —Matthew 5:44 read more
The Mind of Christ Is an Attitude of Expendability
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus. —Philippians 2:5 read more
True Motivation
Then I said, "Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—I have come to do your will, O God." —Hebrews 10:7 read more
True Perception
Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. —John 17:25 read more
Put Away Childish Things
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. —1 Corinthians 13:11 read more
Disappointed With a Word From God
Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!" —2 Kings 5:13 read more
True Success
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. —1 Corinthians 9:19 read more
The Promise of Gratitude
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. —1 Peter 1:6 read more
Chosen by God
Who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood... —1 Peter 1:2 read more
Perfect Parenting
Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. —Hebrews 12:10 read more
God's Call to Humility
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. —Philippians 2:3 read more
Humbling Ourselves
Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor! —Proverbs 6:3 read more
Coping With Sudden Change
Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be your confidence. —Proverbs 3:25-26 read more
The Ultimate Goal of Obedience
Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does." —John 5:19 read more
Vindication
At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. —Philippians 2:10-11 read more

