What To Do With a Fractured Friendship
Karen Wingate
“… Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.” Luke 6:27-28 (NKJV)
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27 (NIV)
"Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!" Psalm 34:3 (ESV)
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"Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions." 1 John 3:18 (NLT)
"LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered ? how fleeting my life is." Psalm 39:4 (NLT)
"May God strike me and kill me if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!" 1 Samuel 25:22 (NLT)
"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Mark 9:24b (NIV)
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV)
"And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness." Acts 4:31 (NKJV)
"Show hospitality to one another without grumbling." 1 Peter 4:9 (ESV)
“… Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.” Luke 6:27-28 (NKJV)
“Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.” Psalm 25:4 (NIV)
“‘Go,’ [Jesus] told him, ‘wash in the Pool of Siloam’ (this word means ‘Sent’). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.” John 9:7 (NIV)
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God …” 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)