Galatians 5:19-26 – When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, HOSTILITY, QUARRELING, jealousy, OUTBURSTS OF ANGER, selfish ambition, DISSENSION, DIVISION, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God. 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! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the PASSIONS and DESIRES of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or PROVOKE one another, or be jealous of one another.
Eph.4:2-6 -ALWAYS be humble and gentle. BE PATIENT with each other, making ALLOWANCE for each other’s faults(faults not sin) because of your love. Make EVERY effort to keep yourselves UNITED in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with PEACE. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father, who is over all and in all and living through all.
Eph.4:30-32, 5:1,2 – And do NOT bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember He has identified you as His own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. Get rid of all BITTERNESS, RAGE, ANGER, HARSH WORDS and SLANDER, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead BE KIND to each other, tenderhearted, FORGIVING one another, just as GOD through Christ HAS forgiven you. Imitate God, therefore, in EVERYTHING you because you are His dear children. Live a life filled with LOVE, following the example of Christ. He loved us and OFFERED HIMSELF as a sacrifice FOR US, a pleasing aroma to God.
~For the meaning of love, please refer to 1 Cor.13 and John 15. Jesus told us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us, to love our neighbor as ourself and most importantly to love Him with everything. He said, how can we love Him whom we can’t see and yet hate our brother. Also, if you can’t forgive, you won’t be forgiven. We need to make every effort to live in unity/harmony with one anther. To not look out only for our own interests but to look out for the interests of others. It is better to walk away from an argument then to say things that are hurtful and out of emotion. If we take a moment to step back we may see that the other person is misunderstanding what we have said or whatever. Apply everything we say to ourselves….”Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes. (1 Cor.8:2) God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. (Eph.2:8,9) We need to show others the same mercy and grace that has been shown to us. It may not be deserved but we don’t deserve it either.~
Phil.1:27 – Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting TOGETHER for the faith, which is the Good News.
Phil.3:12-16 – I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you DISAGREE on some point, I believe GOD WILL MAKE IT PLAIN TO YOU. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.
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