Week 8: Helping Yourself
If you can’t say anything good, say nothing at all.
Ephesians 4: 22-32
Do not try to help yourself by hurting others. Do not comfort yourself by condemning others. There is a bashing and blaming epidemic going on in our land. Do not be infected by it.
I have found that most negative aspersions arise not from wisdom or knowledge but from a lack of understanding of another person’s life and heart. Galatians 6: 1 says, “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.”
Don’t talk ugly. It puts you on the wrong spiritual end of things. Is there a conversation where you need to rein in your tongue and get back to where you belong? Do you need to close up shop on anything you’ve been talking about? Is there anyone who would be better served held up to the Lord in prayer rather than how you’ve been holding them up to others?
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