Be assured God is not listening to evil doers and neither should you.
Read: I Peter 3:12
The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right,
and his ears are open to their prayers.
But the Lord turns his face
against those who do evil.”
Speak the truth only and enjoy many happy days.
Read: I Peter 3:10-11
For the Scriptures say,
“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
11 Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
To correct a misstep simply confess it, don’t hide it and then you can move on.
Read: Proverbs 28:13
People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.
To have a fulfilling relationship you have to think about the other person’s needs and not your own.
Read: I Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Someone has done you wrong but don’t think about avenging yourself. Leave it to God. He’ll take care of it.
Read: Romans 12:19
19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,
“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”
says the Lord.
God looks upon you and your wife as equals in Him. Stay in peace with one another so your prayers can be answered.
Read: 2 Peter 3:7
7 In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
God has a way of silencing those against you as you live honorably.
Read: I Peter 2:12,15
12 Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.
15 It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.
If you want to defeat what you don’t want to deal with in the world you can. If you want to go all the way with God you can. Just start praying His Word.
Read: Psalms 119:36-37
Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money!
Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.
We have every reason to be grateful, every reason to be thankful and every reason to praise GOD! And here it is.
Read: I Peter 2:10
“Once you had no identity as a people;
now you are God’s people.
Once you received no mercy;
now you have received God’s mercy.”
We do not give up on those we love because we know the truth.
Read: 1 Peter 2:9
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[a] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.