Judges 2:6-3:4; Isaiah 22:15-23:18; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing… 1 Peter 3:9 NKJV
We live in a world filled with angry, confrontational people. Heated circumstances can bring out the worst in us. Even the child of God is tempted to anger when wrongly accused of doing something. The carnal response is to retaliate. But our desire shouldn’t be to win the argument but to win the person. The Lord is the greatest example of this. Brought before Pilate, the Sanhedrin and Herod, His answers were always soft, thoughtful and calm. How
then should the child of God respond? “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger” (Prov. 15:1). —Sid Halsband
May the mind of Christ, my Saviour, live in me from day to day,
By His love and power controlling, all I do and say. —Kate B. Wilkinson