Devotionals for December 9, 2024
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READ
Philippians 4:2-3
“Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.”
Proverbs 18:19
“An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.”
“Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.”
Proverbs 18:19
“An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.”
REFLECT
A mild disagreement can sometimes lead to a great chasm in a friendship. One has to ask themselves is being right worth the friendship. Is being right worth the energy and time invested to prove it? The best thing we can do when an argument separates us from those we love is to assume the high road. Choose to see things from God’s perspective and catch His storyline for the circumstances in front of you. Maybe the person you are arguing with just needs to be reminded that you still love them, that you still care, that it’s ok to not always get it right, and that you will fight for your friendship because that’s worth it to you.
APPLY
Q: Is there someone in your life you need to go and make things right with?
Q: How do these passages of scripture challenge you with your relationships?
Q: Who can you share God’s grace with this week?
Q: How do these passages of scripture challenge you with your relationships?
Q: Who can you share God’s grace with this week?
SING
PRAY
"Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy."
Lord God, Please help me to make things right with those that I have let arguments divide us. Please help me to see their side of the story and catch a glimpse of your storyline in these circumstances. May I choose to love as You have loved me!
Lord God, Please help me to make things right with those that I have let arguments divide us. Please help me to see their side of the story and catch a glimpse of your storyline in these circumstances. May I choose to love as You have loved me!