GETTING ALONG

getting-alongHow to live peaceably with each other:
1. Treat others like you want to be treated. Mt 7:12.

2. Turn the other cheek. Mt 5:39.

3. Overcome evil with good. Rom 12:21.

4. Give others the benefit of the doubt. Prov 18:17.

5. Do not jump to conclusions or make false assumptions. Mt 7:1. Ja 1:19.

6. Practice what you preach. I Tim 4:16.

7. Judge righteous judgments, not based on speculation. I Cor 2:15.

8. Practice loyalty and love one another. I Cor 13.

9. Go to an offender alone, then with another, then tell the church. Mt 18:15-18.

10. Forgive freely and pray fervently. Eph 4:32; I Thes 1:2-3.

11. Examine self before pointing fingers at others. 2 Cor 13:5.

12. Build up a brother and speak well of him. Eph 4:29; Ro 14:19; 15:1-3.

13. Speak the truth in love. Eph 4:15.

14. Be gentle and loving in confronting others who wrong you. Gal 6:1-2.

15. Examine yourself and pray often. 2 Cor 13:5; I Tim 4:16.

16. Speak the truth in love. Eph 4:15.

17. Keep your own life pure and unpolluted from sin. James 1:27.

18. Do not think more highly of yourself than you ought to. Rom 12:3.

19. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Rom 12:10.

20. Do not be proud or conceited. Rom 12:16.

21. Do not try to get even when wronged, but return good for evil. Rom 16:17.

22. Answer softly when confronted with wrath and hatred. Prov 15:1.
Gary Bodine and Alvin Jennings

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