Marriage, friendship, parenting and living at peace with others.
We should never have known the church is sacred than continue treating it casually. We should never have known that church money is holy and taking some for yourself is a devastating curse, yet we still take church money. We should never have known that God will judge everything and yet live as if judgment is a none issue. This we should not have known!
Who do they seduce? Those with money? Those with education? Those who are handsome or beautiful? Who do they seduce? The Bible tells us that the seducee is as evil as the seducer. None is the victim of the other, they are both victims of sin entertained in life. Birds of a feather flock together.
While the rest of the unconverted world and fake Christians are trembling about Illuminati, devil worship and bad eyes from witches, Christians move on undisturbed. If it wasn’t for Jesus, you would be visiting shrines half naked deep in the night to seek divine favors. Now you can’t pause to pray in your cosy room? Aren’t you abusing your freedom?
Provocation is bound to happen and is happening. Provocation will come from people who are outside the church and even from the seemingly holiest in the church. Since it is those who do good who are provoked, Apostle Peter advises us to keep doing the good that has triggered the provocation.
You have poor and rich relatives, how do you treat them? When a poor person denies himself some privilege and gives it to the rich or rich-looking person, it is wrong. Obeying parents is not showing favoritism. Obeying leaders and showing them due respect is not favoristism. Special treatment of some over others devalues humanity and places value on wealth or whatever else we consider important enough if a person had it.
Any profits made out of unfair abuse of people is a curse. Seek consent while allowing the other person to say no and you don’t take offense. Seeking consent is not a formality to nicely force people below you to make decisions they would ideally not make
What can go wrong with your relationships? How will you feel when there is divorce and break up? How do you get secured against break up or against the pain of break up? Have a plan that doesn’t force the other person to be your friend and doesn’t harm them for rejecting you. That plan is what we call self-control.
Sexual immorality is one of those things we should not get entangled in. The Bible says not even a hint. The Bible says to flee from it. Do not get entangled in trending sex scandals or nude pictures during rounds. Do not get entangled in scandals of dying during the act of sexual immorality because of using sex-enhancing drugs. Do not get entangled. What are you entangled in?
What is your relationship mindset? Could it be the reason why your relationships are the way they are? What is your money mindset? What is your health mindset? What is your life’s mindset? You are where you are because of how your mindset responds to God and other realities. Mindset is everything.