Author - Clay Corvin

8/22            1 Peter 4:8-10

8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.

10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

SERVE

Care for others.

Care for them the way you would like someone to care for you.

Use your gifts to honor God and care for others. 

Serving others is a gift we all can develop.

It honors God and increases our value. 

Love one another.

8/21            Romans 12:10

10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

HUMILITY

Humility calls me to love others,

The way that I would like to be loved and cared for.

Humility doesn’t make me less,

It simply calls me to see others the way they see themselves.

People count with Jesus and they count with me. 

8/20            Proverbs 18:24

24 There are “friends” who destroy each other,
    but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.

REAL

I’m searching for a real friend.

One that will stand by me in hard times.

A friend that will care for me even when I’m not friendly.

The truth is that to have a friend like that,

I must learn to be that kind of friend. 

8/19            Proverbs 17:9

9 Love prospers when a fault is forgiven,
    but dwelling on it separates close friends.

FORGIVE

To forgive is divine.

Forgive those you don’t know.   

Forgive those you love and forgive your enemies. 

We need to live our life caring for others.

People we know and people we don’t know are valuable.

Everyone has value in God’s eyes.  We are God’s representative and are called to care for others. 

8/18            Proverbs 16:28

28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
    gossip separates the best of friends.

CAREFUL

Be careful how you live your life.

Speak plainly and truthfully. 

Do not gossip.

Do not be sneaky and evil.

Live life with genuine care for others. 

8/17            Job 6:14

14 “One should be kind to a fainting friend,
    but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.

PEOPLE

People count with God.

We need to care for them as God does.

He cares for the good and the bad.

Love one another, even your enemies.

8/16            Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.

TWO

Friends are important.

Truthfully, we cannot survive without friends.

Real friends that stand with us through thick and thin are hard to find.

When you make a real friend, you make sure you are a real friend.

Two can help each other. 

Be worthy of friendship.

Be a good friend. 

8/15        Colossians 3:13

13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

OVERLOOK

Overlook faults, slights, and unkindness. 

Forgive other’s offensiveness.

Be kind.

Love one another.

Even your enemies.

8/14        1 Corinthians 15:33

33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

CAREFUL

Be careful the friends you make.

Be careful the people you befriend.

Be sure that bad company will corrupt you.

Make sure the crowd you run with are good folks. 

8/13        1 Thessalonians 5:11

11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

DO

Do to others as you would have done to yourself.

Encourage.

Find the good things another does and compliment them. 

Notice others and think and speak positive about them.

Do not criticize, condemn and complain.