22 And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. 23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.
24 Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. 25 All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.
we talk all the time about the power of our words... last week we talked about giving up negative words... this is a great thing if we are able to achieve it...
what about building others up? what if we were to daily find something positive to say about everyone we come in contact with... not only would this brighten our own outlook.. it would also brighten the day of the person we are speaking the good about... and truly... all of us have positive points and negative ones about us...
when I was learning to train the dogs.. they teach you to ignore bad behavior and to praise good behavior.. then the dog will try to stay away from the bad behavior because they don't want to be ignored.. but will do the good behavior to get your praise... you are not to point it out.. you are not to yell at them.. just ignore it... imagine if we did this with the people in our lives... because truly... what other people do is between them and God.. yet we keep making it between them and us.. their sin is not our responsibility... them treating you badly is not your responsibility... it is theirs.. toward God.. allow Him to be the one to make changes in someone else.. and just keep working on your own actions.. as this is what is between you and God..
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