Take pleasure when others speak against you for Christ’s sake.

That’s when you’re really strong.

II Corinthians 12:10 (KJV) – therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

When we call ourselves hating others, we’re not hating man, we’re hating God.

I Thessalonians 4:8 (KJV) – he therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

You are tried every day of your life.

It is you who will determine if you will pass the test to the flesh or to the Spirit.

God won’t pass it for you.

Galatians 6:8 (KJV) – for he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Words of anger makes the other person angry.

Words of love turns away anger.

Proverbs 15:1 (KJV) – a soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Love others like you love yourself.

God is not asking. He’s telling.

Galatians 5:14 (KJV) – for all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

There is never a time that you can’t do good.

Ephesians 6:10 (KJV) – as we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

When someone does wrong, we know there are consequences.

When you do wrong, you act like there are no consequences.

You reap what you sow.

Galatians 6:7 (KJV) – be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

You cant hide from God.

There’s no place where He is not.

Jeremiah 23:24 (KJV) – can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

If what you see is all you see, you haven’t seen all there is to be seen.

Have faith.

Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) – now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

We are more prone to act quickly before listening to the whole story.

Listen first. It will save a load of drama.

Hebrews 1:19-20 (KJV) – wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.