#GOFAMINTDailyDevotion REVISION DAY 3
REVISION DAY 3
WEDNESDAY 23/11/2017
LESSON 5
ENCOURAGE EQUITY, AVOID PARTIALITY
Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 195, 208
Devotional Reading: Prov. 18:1-5
Topic For Adults: Avoid Partiality In Judgment
Topic For Youths: Don’t Be Biased
Topic For Intermediates: Judge Righteously
Lesson Scriptures: Eph. 6:9; Ps. 18:24-26; Rom. 2:11; 1 Tim. 5:21; Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:17 Jam. 2:1-10
MEMORY VERSE: For there is no partiality with God (Rom.2:11) NKJV
SUMMARY
Partiality is a problem we still deal with today in the church. Surely, partiality and favouritism are not from God. Christians are called to love and not to be biased or to show partiality. As humans, we tend to form judgment based on selfish, personal criteria rather than seeing others as God sees them. May we grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ and follow His example of treating every person with God’s love.
LESSON 6
KEEP COMMUNICATION LINE EFFECTIVE
Suggested Hymns: GHB 259, 270
Devotional Reading: Gen. 13: 1-9
Topic for Adults: Don’t Keep Malice
Topic for Youths: Talk It Over
Topic for Intermediates: Let’s Talk
Lesson Scriptures: Matt. 18:15-17
MEMORY VERSE: Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed (Jam. 5:16a) NKJV
SUMMARY
Since occasional conflict among brethren is inevitable, the three-pronged approach for settling disputes through communication has proven effective for those who adopt it. In most cases, clear and honest dialogue between two feuding parties is all that is needed to resolve misconceptions and restore good relationship. At some other times, the intervention of one or two sincere fellow believers provides the additional input for dousing the tension. When these two fail, the leadership of the church should be able to bring every conflict to a close. However, for any of these approaches to succeed, the affected parties must be willing to open up and be ready to reconcile. If after having exhausted all these possibilities, the dispute remains unresolved, the genuineness of either or both of the feuding partners is suspected.
