February was all about #LifeGivingRelationships: become a “Life-Giving Person”,
February was all about #LifeGivingRelationships: become a “Life-Giving Person”, what is a “Life-Giving Relationship”, & “What Kills Good Relationships”. Last @jpcc’s @datekg36 sharing about this theme is “How to Handle Aggression That Potentially Kills Good Relationships” by @diandraepifania. To the very least, you want to protect yourself & protect your relationship with the person who hurt you. But to your very best, you want to carry out the Great Commandment & Commission. The Basic Tips are: #1 Don’t let the aggression get to you. You need to guard your heart (Proverbs 4:23), because that’s what makes your choices, & your choices determine how you want to live your life. Once we have the right heart, the strong heart, we can.. #2 Think. Be careful before acting is important; only when we do it we can.. #3 Act accordingly, which is compassion. When you face aggression you need to have your #shield & the (unseathed) #sword. Somebody can strike you down with sword, but because you always keep your shields up, they cannot harm you. And while you need to carry your sword all the time, you must not use it (Luke 22: 36-38, Luke 22:49-51, Matthew 26:52), because only by this you can show the people who hurt you: “Hey, look. You hurt me. And as you can see, I can hurt you back with my sword, but I won’t do it!” As Paul made it clear in Rome 12: “Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. Do not take revenge, leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”says the Lord. In doing this, you’ll heap burning coals on his head.” As we act out these 3 tips, it is our #soul that makes all the decisions. In order to do them automatically, exercising our #Spirit is crucial. Galatians 5:22-23 describes all the #FruitsOfTheSpirit which can help us strengthen our shields & use our unsheathened swords more comfortably. #Love,#joy, #peace, #patience, #kindness, #goodness, #faithfulness,#gentleness, #selfcontrol; they’re internally driven,not situation-based & can be part of our character. Once it becomes our character, we can effortlessly express them in our actions, inc. when we face aggression. (at Kondominium Menara Kelapa Gading) -- source link
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