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Scriptures to Live by: Power-Packed Passages
By Ken Horn | January 26, 2008
This is the first of what will be an ongoing series of Bible passages that encapsulate principles of Christian living.
We can read books and listen to sermons to receive guidance on Christian living. But all of these are (or should be) based on simple principles found in God’s Word. I plan to share some of these power-packed passages that, if we heed them, will keep our lives on the straight-and-narrow. So here’s my first entry.
“A soft answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1, NKJV
I’ve tried it both ways and, believe me, the Bible’s way is the right way.
Here’s a confession. I have never been criticized more than I have been since I have been here, at Today’s Pentecostal Evangel. When you publish a magazine every week, there are a lot of things that people can disagree with. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they’re not.
I have found it much better to answer softly than to become defensive. Though people may still disagree with me, we do not become enemies. No two Christians should ever be enemies.
We have two options as I see it: agree, or disagree agreeably.
“A soft answer turns away wrath” is a great Scripture to live by.
(My complete list, as it grows, will be posted on this page.)
Ken Horn
Topics: Christian living |
