Prayer, Care and Share Jesus * The Prayer, Care and Share Jesus (PCS) series is a guide to help you PRAY and CARE for others and SHARE your faith in Jesus * What if you are wrong? Scripture: Matthew 5:23-26 If you’ve been following the Prayer, Care, and Share Jesus guide, you’ve already learned that one of the first steps to CARING for someone is to ask for God’s blessing, peace and love on them. We’ve also shared with you that according to the Bible in Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus wants us to pray for our enemies, and that forgiveness plays a big role in this. God lifts a tremendous weight from our shoulders when we forgive and pray for those who have wronged us. You might also be asking “But what do I do if I have wronged someone?” Great question! In Matthew 5:23-24 Jesus makes it clear that we should immediately go to the person, ask forgiveness, and make amends so there can be reconciliation. This may not be easy, and should be handled with PRAYER and CARE. The Bible tell us in Matthew 18:15-17 how we should handle it. First, you are to try to work it out just between those involved. You should make every attempt to have wrongs sorted out this way. If the problem is still not resolved, then you may bring a friend trusted by everyone into the situation to help. Should the problem still be unresolved, then it is time to bring the Church into it and let a group of elders, pastors, or deacons, decide. The working out of these problems can be a great witness (example of what Jesus would do) because reconciliation and forgiveness doesn’t happen often in our world. Someone may come to you with a wrong that you committed which you may not know about. When you become aware of the wrong, you still must apologize and make peace. This holds true even if you believe that you were not in the wrong. Jesus says clearly that the criteria is if your brother has something against you (Matthew 5:23). Your PRAY NOW Challenge: Lord, convict me of sin where I have wronged people in my life. Please give me Your grace to go and reconcile with them. Reconcile me to them and to You, Lord. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 05:45:26 +0000
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