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Tag Archives: hostility
Host people with hospitality (don’t roast them with rage)
Recurring bad behavior isn’t a mistake. It’s a choice. If we would behave, the way we think others should behave, the world would be better. Change your behavior from hostile to hospitable and people will respond differently. Are you hosting … Continue reading
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Without the presence of peace, perhaps a do-over is overdue
When a godly do-over is overdue, it’s time for repentance. If I refuse to see the evil in me, I can’t accurately see it in others. Matthew 7:5. Anger is a sign of poor self-management — of self-control taken over … Continue reading
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Words that provoke hate are never great
Hate won’t makeAmerica great.It will make itDisintegrate. It’s not right to be impolite. Every human deserves respect. Confident people are polite to everyone. Insecurity causes people to be impolite. To polarize the people of a nation releases much indignation. Mounting … Continue reading
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Angry people aren’t very fun & rage is a goofy stage
When anger burns like fire and blows like a hurricane, a country is in trouble. Angry people aren’t very fun. America’s experiencing nature’s furry in fires and storms and human rage from the White House to the streets. We need … Continue reading
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Wait! Get offended later . . .
There’s no need to be quickly offended. You can always get offended later. Pride gets easily offended because it refuses to see its own faults. When you’ve been tripped up by truth, maybe it’s best not to jump up and … Continue reading
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Weaponized words enable violence (just ask Cain & Able)
There is both good and bad in every person. Find and focus on the good in everyone and you can love them. Walls in the heart tear people apart. Open hearts connect with caring and compassion. Hard hearts disconnect and … Continue reading
Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Words From Prision
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was imprisoned and later executed (in 1944) by Nazi Germany. While in prison, he wrote many letters that were smuggled out. Here are some quotations from those letters: “It is only when one submits to God’s law that one … Continue reading
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