soft fleecy lambsy Posted March 10, 2016 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 35 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 41 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/09/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2016 Don't accept it... Don't accept it ... We can refuse words that do not minister life ... We can simply not receive them as ours ... Thjey won't take root in our heart ... We give them no place ,,, we send them away ,,, they serve no purpose in your life so we simply ... Resist it --- like the bible says ... Give it to God ... Pray for them because we know our battle is not with them personally ... Its the spirits behind them that they don't even know about ... Lol... So this is how we handle spiritual battlesĀ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft fleecy lambsy Posted March 10, 2016 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 35 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 41 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/09/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 When verbally abused we can reply to the abuser- " I don't listen to anything that doesn't edify the Spirit, my Pastor friend said. Ā These are wise words.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted March 10, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted March 10, 2016 16 minutes ago, soft fleecy lambsy said: When verbally abused we can reply to the abuser- " I don't listen to anything that doesn't edify the Spirit, my Pastor friend said. Ā These are wise words.Ā The Bible says a soft answer turns away wrath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft fleecy lambsy Posted March 10, 2016 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 35 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 41 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/09/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 yes dear RustyAngel, thanks for this jewel of a scripture in Proverbs 15:1. Ā AĀ kind word or a soft answer turns away wrath. Be like beloved Jesus and say a loving word in reply and don't retaliate. It says in Bible, to only use loving words, that edify and build others up and not tear them apart. A soft answer,Ā &c. ā A mild, submissive, and yielding answer to him who severely chides, or reproves,Ā turns away wrath āĀ And prevents the further progress of it. The wordĀ ××¢× ×, here renderedĀ answer,Ā however, signifies as well what is first said, as the reply to it, and may not improperly be translatedspeech,Ā orĀ discourse. But grievous words stir up strife āĀ But sharp, contemptuous, and insolent replies, or speeches, incense it the more, and raise a passion where there was none before, and perhaps cause it to flame forth into fury. Melancthon, in his short lectures upon this book, commends this lesson very much to his scholars, considering it as a general precept for the preservation of peace, and avoiding unnecessary contentions, which commonly arise from pride, ambition, emulation, and wrath, which excite men either to give ill words, or to return worse to those that are given them; endeavouring to overcome by sharpness and bitterness, not by lenity and moderation. Solomon, he says, meant by this caution, that we should not think it enough not to begin strife and contention; but that, if others begin it, we should not continue it by rough answers, but endeavour to make an end of it presently, by softening the matter, and should yield much for the sake of tranquillity; and he thinks it is a precept of the same nature with that of Pythagoras;Ā Stir not up fire with a sword:Ā see Bishop Patrick. Ā Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted March 10, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,992 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,690 Content Per Day: 11.77 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 10, 2016 Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,And those who love it will eat its fruit. God does not want unwholesome talk to come out of our mouths. Verbal abuse has serious effects. We can find healing in Gods true word. We pray for the person and walk away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted March 10, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted March 10, 2016 2 hours ago, soft fleecy lambsy said: When verbally abused we can reply to the abuser- " I don't listen to anything that doesn't edify the Spirit, my Pastor friend said. Ā These are wise words.Ā The Bible says a soft answer turns away wrath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft fleecy lambsy Posted March 11, 2016 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 35 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 41 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/09/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 exactly dear bopeep1909.Ā We can refuse words that do not minister life. We can simply not receive them as our own. Ā They won't take root in our heart. Ā We give them no place....We send them away to the arid and wilderness regions. Ā They serve no purpose in ur life....so resist it......and like the Bible says give it to God. Ā Pray for them because we know our battle is not with them personally, it's the spirits behind them that they don't even know about. Ā So this is how we handle spiritual battles. Ā Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuelf324 Posted March 11, 2016 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 210 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 160 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/28/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted March 11, 2016 When responding to a scorner let the Holy Ghost guide your Ā tongue. Some cases you wont answer a fool according to his folly and other times you do answer a scorner/fool. Ecclesiastees a time to speak time for silenceĀ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soft fleecy lambsy Posted March 11, 2016 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 35 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 41 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/09/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Amen dear lovely Manuel324. Also we should guard our tongue as it says in scripture. Ā Sometimes it is a time to speak and sometimes silence is best. Let the Holy Spirit guide you in what to say. Ā But always our words should be loving like Jesus' words. Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyAngeL Posted March 11, 2016 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 23 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,464 Content Per Day: 1.02 Reputation: 8,810 Days Won: 57 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/12/1952 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Beautiful words lamb and full of truth and promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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