When a person’s heart is corrupted, evil become his lifestyle. So, people, especially unbelievers, sin not because they intentionally decide to but because their hearts are corrupted by the evils in the world. Do they need help? Yes, but not character change. They need Jesus to cleanse them from within, and I must say that that is one of the primary reasons why the Church exists in this world.
As a child of God, guard your heart with all diligence. Intentionally withdraw from some close associations with people just to keep your heart at peace. There’ll always be people who don’t qualify to say things about you and much more to think about saying evil things about you. Just let people be with what they say, and keep your peace.
How you talk and what you say significantly influences you and people. If you keep saying negative things, it’ll affect your mindset as well as your hearers. That is why it is essential to maintain a positive mindset in Christ, regardless of the challenges you are facing today.
Because each person’s thinking pattern is different, it is possible to have team members disagree with one another. It happens in the ministry, workplaces, and even in families (among couples and siblings). However, handling disagreements in ministry is one art you must learn as a Christian, especially if you are a leader in the ministry.
Guard the Word sown in your heart, whether you receive it via a sermon in church, personal Bible Study or through a ministry media content. If you don’t guard it and you allow other things to distract you, the devil will steal it from you.
When you are interacting with someone and the person utters harsh words in times of anger, it could be that those words were already prepared to be said in the heart before the situation happened. Indeed, the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. So, to keep your words clean, don’t entertain bitterness in your heart.
Invest in building lasting relationships with people, especially your close friends. You cannot always prevent an offence from happening, either from your end or theirs. But you can always choose to forgive and live peaceably with all men.
As a believer, you are eligible to judge cases, especially those concerning relationship problems. Because of this privilege God has given you, you must be patient when judging cases between people. Don’t say person A is right or person B is wrong if you haven’t heard the two sides of the story.
Storms and issues in life will come to attack the Word of God you have heard. But if you have used it to build your life, you will survive.
Dear one, don’t spoil what God has blessed you with by your harsh words. Is it marriage? Learn to speak to your spouse well. Is it your job? Relate well with your colleagues and managers. Check the words you say, with or without the presence of people around you.
Some people, oblivious of how hurtful they speak, ignore the need to check their mouths by being slow to speak. The scripture tells us in James 1:19 that we must be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. So, patience is extremely needed to keep your mouth in check.
Your kind words have the capacity to lighten the burdens that weigh down the heart of that anxious person. You might overlook it, but it goes a long way to heal that person. Several people who committed suicide wouldn’t have done it if there was one person who encouraged them not to give up.
