Doing Right When You’ve Been Done Wrong
Learn from Romans 12 three principles for responding to wrong. Consider, with Pastor Chuck Swindoll, how to do things God’s way rather than your own way.
Learn from Romans 12 three principles for responding to wrong. Consider, with Pastor Chuck Swindoll, how to do things God’s way rather than your own way.
Learn from Romans 12 three principles for responding to wrong. Consider, with Pastor Chuck Swindoll, how to do things God’s way rather than your own way.
Itʼs a bit dismaying to realize that you’re going to be spending eternity with people in the family of God you don’t even speak with on earth! Quite frankly, when someone has wounded us with his or her sharp quills, it’s natural to want to keep our distance. But we do need each other, needles and all!
A sermon will not meet our needs—we need someone to hear, someone to feel the blows in our life, someone to help us cushion the heavy weight when it drops down on us. We need to assimilate into the body of Christ.
Being involved means more than shaking hands with people on your way out of a church service—it’s investing in the lives of others.
Have you ever suffered alone? Who hasn’t, it’s devastating. We were created to share life with each other. Take a look around—who could use your friendship right now?
Involvement with others should be spontaneous, never forced. And allowing yourself to be vulnerable is essential for involvement.
What are your priorities? It takes work to cultivate a family and make a happy home, but the long-term rewards are worth every effort.
Christians are unwise when they remain out of touch and live in secrecy. Being responsible includes being accountable, not just to God but also to one another. If carried out in the power and under the control of the Holy Spirit, accountability can be one of the most secure and reassuring facets of our Christian experience.
Caring for others should always be the basis of any confrontation. When you have another’s best interests at heart you’re motivated by love instead of anger.