Living Beyond Violence

God hates violence and His heart is grieved by the things that humans do to one another.  God's desire is that we live our lives without violence and do all we can to limit the spread of it. 

Most of us who have come out of a destructive lifestyle have needed (or still need) forgiveness for the way we acted abusively or violently towards others, their property, and their person. 

Jesus said, “The things that make people wrong are the things that come from the inside. All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, insulting people, proud talking, and foolish living.”  (Mark 7:20-22 ERV) 

Don’t pay back evil with evil. Don’t pay back unkind words with unkind words. Instead, pay back evil with kind words. This is what you have been chosen to do. You will receive a blessing by doing this.  (1 Peter 3:9 NIRV)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, You have shown me Your way of love and blessing in the face of violence.  Help me to receive Your forgiveness for my own failings and live in the power of Your Spirit so I can bless others rather than respond to their evil with further evil.  Amen

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