Be free from Pride and Arrogance
To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words. Proverbs 8:13 (GNT) You can’t let go of and be free from
Elders as models of Christian Living
Not domineering [as arrogant, dictatorial, and overbearing persons] over those in your charge, but being examples (patterns and models of Christian living) to the flock (the congregation). 1 Peter 5:3
Don’t Meddle in the affairs of others
If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people’s affairs. 1 Peter 4:15 (GNT) A
Practice Hospitality
When God’s people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality. Romans 12:13 (NLT) All talk and effort about how much we love and
Clear Conscience
Therefore I always exercise and discipline myself [mortifying my body, deadening my carnal affections, bodily appetites, and worldly desires, endeavoring in all respects] to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience,
Do you want to Enjoy Life?
For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good–whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1
Bless Your Enemies
I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with
Gentle and Peaceful spirit
Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes; But let it be the inward
Living Epistles
You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly [you are] an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by
Return to the Guardian of Your Souls
For you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls. 1 Peter 2:25(AMPC) A shepherd