Genesis 17:1-27; Job 20:1-29; Matthew 9:18-38
Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. Romans 14:19 NKJV
Do we expend every effort to do all that we can to encourage fellowship and maintain harmony among our fellow believers? Or do we seek to push our own point of view and perhaps criticize the leadership of our local church? Are we willing to be more like the Lord Jesus, who we are told “pleased not himself” (Rom. 15:3)? May we, instead, look for opportunities to build each other up in our most holy faith and to “look out…for the interests of others” (Phil.
2:4). —Pete Smith
Make this poor self grow less and less,
Be Thou my life and aim;
O make me daily, through Thy grace,
More meet to bear Thy Name. —Johann Casper Lavater