Pastor's Pen

 
 
 
 

  I beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 1:1-3

  Are you short’ with the shortcomings of others? Whether it’s at home, work, school, or church, you and I cannot avoid coming in contact with “others”. At times, that contact results in conflict. Conflict, ignored and unresolved leads to a life of drama. Too much drama is bad for your health.

  That’s the bad news. The good news is we have at our disposal, all the divine resources we need to face and resolve conflict. We simply need to obey what God says in His Word. Check it out in Ephesians 4:25-32.

     
   

Putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. (V. 25)

 
   

"Be angry and do not sin” do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil."
(v. 26-2 7)

 
   

Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.  (v. 28)

 
     
   

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. (v. 29)

 
     
   

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. (v. 31)

 
   

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (v. 32)

 
   

  The unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace is ours, through God, in Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.

 
     
   

Let’s do our part in keeping it, by living it.