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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, May 6, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Galatians 6:1-4 (NIV) Bible Verse:Galatians 6:1-4 (NIV) "My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Message:
The first sentence teaches us how we should treat another Christian who has done something wrong. How do you treat a fellow believer who has committed adultery, or used profane language, or some other obvious sin? First off, of course, Christ forbids you to judge the person. Repeatedly in the New Testament, He tells us that we should not worry about the splinter in someone else's eye, when there is a giant arrow in our own eye; that we should "not judge, lest [we] be judged". We even pray that God will use our forgiveness of others as the yardstick for deciding our own forgiveness.
But we should not sit on our hands. Paul tells us, here, to restore the person in a spirit of gentleness, with double emphasis on "gentleness". Someone who has done something wrong, or perceives an accusation, will become extraordinarily defensive. Criticism is soft in the mind of the speaker, but a hundred times louder in the ear of the accused. Often, people will become defensive when no criticism is even intended.
Before you speak to anyone, you must examine your heart deeply and honestly: Do you feel judgmental? Do you think the person should be punished? If you do, you should probably keep your mouth shut. You are not going to "restore" someone to faith if he perceives any judgment or anger; you are, instead, going to make him angry and drive him to rationalizing his error, making excuses, and all other sorts of natural human behavior we all use to protect our egos.
Someone should talk to the person who has the knack of doing it in the true spirit of love, often someone who has a good relationship with him. In our pride, it is often hard for us to admit that somebody else can do a better job at this than we can.
The second sentence warns us not to be tempted ourselves, if we try to help another person avoid temptation. Now, there’s an irony: how many times does a hero try to save a drowning person, only to drown himself? How often does the person offering a hand up, instead of helping the victim, fall into the pit? Often enough.
We can all remember things we have done or thought in the heat of the moment, and regretted later. That kind of impulsiveness and malleability we mostly associate with teenagers, but we never lose the urge to be like our friends or companions. Yet, it is a danger Christ tells us to face: “Bear one another's burdens,” the Bible tells us.
Meditation : Prayer : May God the Father bless us; may Christ take care of us; the Holy Ghost enlighten us all the days of our life. The Lord be our defender and keeper of body and soul, both now and for ever, to the ages of ages. ..Amen |
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