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Tag: not strive
Wednesday, May 3 2017
A servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle to all
2 Timothy 2:23-24 says "23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient" So many people (let alone Christians) strive about everything. They simply do not know how to control their tongues from speaking words of strife. And striving is not just about arguing with another person, although many times is often a big part of a person's life. Striving can also be about getting into worry, fear, anxiety, frustration, anger, taking an offense, etc. Anything that causes a person to not be at peace is always the enemy. Circumstances that appear to be a certain way cause people to lose their peace, instead of declaring how they want it to change and then thanking the Lord until it manifests in the future. Unfortunately those in the church are not much better then those in the world when it comes to truly walking in the Spirit. So how does one change their life to stop striving so much? It is a process of renewing one's mind from the things of their past to the things of the Lord.…