BUT whoever repeats the matter seperates close frinds (Proverbs 17:9)

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,

BUT
 whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 17:9

This verse speaks directly to gossip. Don't repeat matters that are not your business instead foster love and keep it to yourself!

BUT... Your Father knows you (Matt 10:29-31)

 Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny?

BUT...

 your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground.

Even the hairs on your head are counted.

So don't be afraid!

You are worth much more than many sparrows.

Matt 10:29-31
We all have days when we feel insignificant.
NOT today, friends you are loved by the creator of the universe.

BUT... there is a friend (Proverbs 18:24)

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,

BUT…

 there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24

Praise the Lord that Jesus is always with us NO MATTER WHAT.
 If you feel lonely today reach out to Him He is waiting to be there for you. BUT… He will never force Himself on you. 

BUT... two can stand back-to-back and conquer (Ecclesiastes 4:12)

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated,

BUT…

 two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

Ecclesiastes  4:12

I automatically think of a marriage when I read this verse.

 Don’t try to stand alone you will never make it. Work together as a couple 

BUT more importantly Invite God to be part of your marriage.

 He makes that triple-braided cord that when either one of you come unraveled

 He will hold you together.

BUT...only speak what is helpful (Ephesians 4:29)

Do not let any unwholesome talk

come out of your mouths,

BUT…

Only what is helpful to building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Ephesians 4:29  NIV

This verse was part of this Sunday’s message called Fighting Mad by Pastor Beau Adams at Community Bible Church. God can do amazing things in your life when you turn your mouths over to Him. To me it has been like learning a new language. Stop and think about what you want to say and then allow the Holy Spirit to translate it to words that may benefit those who listen. It is hard work BUT all it takes is surrender on your part and one day it is as if you are bilingual and you find yourself being a positive speaker. I speak from experience!

BUT.. go on living in spiritual darkness (1 John 1:6)

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God

 

BUT…

Go on living in spiritual darkness,
we are not practicing the truth.
BUT...

If we walk in the light, as He is the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all our sins…
1 John 1:6  ESV

Are you trying to hide something from yourself, others or even God. 

It is a lie that you are telling yourself. God is the light and He reveals the truth when we are living in the spirit.

This takes effort on our part. We must make the decision every day, every moment to walk in His light. 

To let His thoughts be our thoughts.

I find this interesting when we are in fellowship with God it results in fellowship with others. You can’t love God and hate people around you. This is a hard pill to swallow, you say “these people drive me crazy, you have no idea how they have treated me” BUT God knows and loves them too. Maybe they don’t know it yet or may they are not living in the light and your love to them will be what reveals God to them.

BUT patient people calm down strife (Proverbs 15:18)

Hotheads stir up conflict…

BUT

Patient people calm down strife.

Proverbs 15:18  CEB

This goes back to one of my life verses Proverbs 15:5 A soft answer turns away wrath. No matter what the situation is, that you are in. Take a deep breath (be patient) and the strife around you will become calm. The same God that told the waters to stop raging can stop the conflict in your life. Only God can help you become a patient Person.