THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS Where there is no counsel, the people fall: But in the multitude of counselors, there is safety. (Proverbs 11:14). One person is too small when it comes to the big things that can be achieved as a team. Jesus did not do it alone and I cannot do it alone either….
ENRICH OTHERS It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35 NKJV). It is right to live blessed but to also bless others. There are people who know more than I do, they have more than I do and they preach better than I do; therefore, they enrich me with their friendship. There…
TAKING CARE OF RELATIONSHIPS 7 Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips (Proverbs 14:7 NIV). Tell me who you are with and I will tell you who you are…be around wolves and you will learn to howl…be around honey and something will stick to you… Take care of…
DEVELOP THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND LOVE EVERYONE But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (Galatians 5:22-23 NIV) The best way to get along with everyone is by developing the…
ACCEPT EVERYONE EVEN IF THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God” (Romans 15:7 NIV). Many times, human beings complain because of the differences we have with other people: women are different from men; temperaments are different, our way of doing things,…
GOD HELPS US FORGET Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” The second son he named Ephraim and said,…
FORGIVE YOURSELF You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. Psalms 85:2 (NIV) In life it’s hard to forgive others, but sometimes it is even harder to forgive ourselves. The past mistakes bring guilt into our lives and they can ruin our present and future. The word guilt means someone…
LACK OF FORGIVENESS: A POISON FOR THE SOUL One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting! It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these…
ROOTS THAT EMBITTER See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. – (Hebrews 12:15) The root of bitterness is a deep resentment which is, at the same time, accompanied with sadness and pain. It comes as a consequence…
FORGIVENESS: A LIFESTYLE Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! (Matthew 18:7) We have all been offended in an occasion and in the same way we have offended someone else. One of the most common ways…