HELP, THESE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY!

Steve Gallimore | pastorsteve@tvcc.us
December 8th, 2024

• If you are on a continuous search to be

Reveal Answer

, you will always

Reveal Answer

what you’re looking for.

• Being offended is

Reveal Answer

. Living offended is a

Reveal Answer

.

“14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” (Romans 12:14–18, ESV)

• eulogeo—to speak well of, to wish the

Reveal Answer

Reveal Answer

for someone.

“Be a continual

Reveal Answer

to those who are a continual

Reveal Answer

.”

“…in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.” (Romans 12:1, CSB)

“I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live. But it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”
(Galatians 2:20)

“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud … Do not be conceited.”
(Romans 12:16, NIV)

• Love tells the

Reveal Answer

, but it tells the truth in

Reveal Answer

.

“… Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.” (Ephesians 4:2, NLT)
.
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,” (Ephesians 4:15, ESV)

• Your

Reveal Answer

is too short, and your

Reveal Answer

is too great to be offended by something small!

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”
(Proverbs 19:11, NIV)

• Love doesn’t seek to

Reveal Answer

the argument. Love seeks to

Reveal Answer

the relationship.

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”
(Romans 12:18, NIV)