This is just something I've been really meditating on a lot lately, with all that's been going on with my brother and just a bunch of things around me from church to my softball team. It really reminds me to be an example of God, to show the world what it means to be a disciple of God cuz not everyone may or will understand that. They are blinded and too caught up with the ways of the world. This chunk of verses really encourages me to not get caught up in the heat of the moment and say things I may regret, and not to act on emotion, but to put myself in Jesus' shoes and to forgive and approach everything with a calm, patient and humble attitude.
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
20 That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
25 Therefore each of you must put of falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 "In your anger do not sin". Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Hold Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get ride of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
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