The multitude of offences pricks on the hotness of God’s love in your heart. The moment you allow the hurts, disappointments and pain to take root in your heart and form strongholds in your mind, you’ll make it wax cold (Matthew 24:12). Don’t carry this burden of offences.
God loves everybody, but only those who love Him qualify to enjoy more privileges from Him.
Love shares without any fear of loss. Desire and work on transparency in your relationships, especially in marriage. Be accountable to each other so that the devil will not suggest evil thoughts of mistrust in your partner’s mind.
You can’t give a lion dead meat and expect it to eat. In the same way, you can’t treat your partner poorly and expect him (or her) to treat you well. That isn’t about karma; it’s a principle. You reap what you sow.
Don’t wait for someone to die before offering your best help to the person. No matter how much you value people, they’ll not recognise anything you do for them or their family when they are gone. Letting this consciousness be in you is very powerful for God to use to root out selfishness from your life.
Decide to put on love. Wear the garment of God’s love wherever you go, not just in church, so that you can represent Jesus well at your location.
Don’t compromise the standards of God’s Word. Be willing to associate with people of low positions to help them rise in the faith, not to lord over them, especially as a leader.
In Romans 12:10, it’s written that, as Christians, we must be devoted to one another in love. Translated word “devote” means affection. So we must be affectionate toward one another as an expression of the love of God. If that scripture starts with a “Be,” then devotion unto one another must be done with intentionality. And if it ends with “one another,” then that practice cuts across married couples to include others because “one another” connotes more than two people.
If the Bible says, “hate what’s evil,” you’ve got to vehemently show red flags against the enemy’s gimmicks in your relationships with people. Hate unforgiveness. Hate lies. Be truthful and selfless because it doesn’t cost to love as God does; it pays.
Learn how to forgive people voluntarily with a willing heart. If you do this, many problems with people in your life will be solved, even without prayer.
If Paul starts Ephesians 4:32 with the word “Be,” it means showing kindness and compassion as Christians must be a deliberate thing.
Everybody’s race of faith is different, although purposes are connected. When you see someone moving forward, it doesn’t mean God has left you behind. Follow Jesus, and stop comparing your life with another person.
