Gentleness
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Betrayal – Romans 2:3
Have you ever learned that someone upon whom you have poured out your love, time, and resources has betrayed your friendship by gossiping about you and judging you harshly? Have those from whom…
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New Behavior – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Consider your behavior, and strive for graciousness under pressure, but do not despair when you fail to respond as the gentle, patient, tenderhearted new creation you are in Jesus Christ. Rather, be assured…
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Taking Responsibility – Ecclesiastes 10:4
Most of us bristle under reproach, even when our missteps have provoked and inconvenienced another. Our wounded pride rises, readies us for battle, but if we will humble ourselves, obeying the leading of…
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Good Works – Ephesians 2:10
We are a chosen people, chosen by God to go into the world and bear fruit of eternal value, but have we gone out? The Lord instructs us against expending our energy to…
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New Self – Ephesians 4:22-24
Sin is unoriginal, yet we can find ourselves continuing in its pattern though the Lord has renewed us in the spirit of our minds. Rather than demonstrating the beauty of Christ, at times…
