Devotional Reading for: 9/17/2013 Prize the Members of Your Church We give thanks to God always for all of you . . . [for] your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 We’re human in the church. We get into spats over small, non-vital matters. A particular congregation very nearly split. They called in a peacemaker to study the problem and help repair the fractures. After interviewing many members, he found what started it all. A couple of years prior, two men were on opposite sides of the serving table at a potluck supper. They simultaneously extended their forks toward the last piece of meat on the platter. One got it; the other didn’t. The contagion of hurt feelings spread as people picked sides. It’s not easy to steer clear of congregational pickles. But let’s be proactive—prizing one another and praising God for one another. We love in small ways. And the best way to improve our love language is to thank God for one another in our private prayers to the Lord of the Church. What’s in our heart will bubble out of our mouths. As we speak well about one another, we’ll slowly find ourselves speaking in uplifting ways to them. Jesus, loving Head of the Church, help us to speak with positive and peaceful phrases, building up the Body. Amen.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:34:58 +0000
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