The authors of 31 Ways to be A “One-Another” Christian have a simple yet life-changing message for you this Christmas: Comfort one another!
Instead of frustration or irritation with people think of how you can bring comfort to them. That is radical! This excerpt from the book is truly a special gift for you and those whom you love:
True comfort comes not from limited human wisdom or a quickly dispensed phrase but rather from the ministry of the very words of God—that is, the Word carefully and compassionately unfolded within a sufferer’s difficult, fearful, or sorrowful context. Romans 15:4 states, “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” There is comfort for those who mourn over their spiritual depravity and sins (Matthew 5:4). There is comfort in the promise of forgiveness (1 John 1:9). There is also comfort in the character and promises of God as stated in 1 Corinthians 10:13. In that passage, the very character of God—namely his faithfulness—gives comfort and hope.
So, believers need to use God’s Word to bring comfort to one another, just as Paul
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