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. 26) Rom 12:13b . . Practice hospitality. Webster's defines hospitable as: 1_ given to generous and cordial reception of guests 2_ promising or suggesting generous and cordial welcome 3_ offering a pleasant or sustaining environment. In other words; a hospitable person is civil, courteous...

. 25) Rom 12:13a . . Share with God's people who are in need. The Jews are God's people in accordance with an unconditional covenant that He made with Abraham. (Gen 17:7-8) NOTE: Nazi Germany was very nearly 99% Christian. Had they all complied with Rom 12:13a, the effects of the Holocaust...

. ● Matt 22:36-40 . . Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor...

. 24) Rom 12:12b . . Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. Troubles are often made bearable by a confidant; someone with whom we can safely share every aspect of our emotional distress. God is of course the first choice for that purpose because He not only has a sympathetic ear but...

. If perchance someone is looking for a religion only to give themselves some stability and/or a moral compass; they might consider looking into Falun Gong (a.k.a. Falun Dafa) with its emphasis upon health, truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. _

. 23) Rom 12:12a . . Be glad for all God is planning for you. Christians unsure of their afterlife destination cannot, in all honesty and a good conscience, comply with that one. For all they know, God has outer darkness planned for them. That's not something to be glad about. There are...

. Former US President Gerald Ford pardoned former US President Richard Nixon back in 1974 relative to the Watergate scandal. Ford's pardon in no way exonerated Nixon, it only allowed him to avoid punishment. In other words: Mr. Nixon will always and forever be on the books of world history as a...

. 22) Rom 12:11a . . Be not slothful in business; fervent in spirit According to its use in Matt 25:26-27, the Greek word for "slothful" indicates failure to honor one's fiduciary responsibilities. In other words: when people have put their trust in you, in whatever capacity or circumstance...

. 21) Rom 12:10b . . Honor others above yourselves. Christians infected with narcissistic personality disorder will find that rule difficult, if not impossible, to obey. NPD is a mental condition characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a need for excessive admiration, exploitive...

. Writing to the Christians in Colossi, the apostle Paul said: "Do not lie to each other since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator." (Col 3:9-10) Humanity's original self began its...

. 20) Rom 12:10a . . Love each other with genuine affection The Greek word translated "love" basically refers to fraternal feelings; which goes beyond things like courtesy, kindness, consideration, and charity, etc. Those things exhibit civility which is a non affectionate love; in other words...

. 19) Rom 12:9c . . Cling to what is good. Good in the world of humanity is typically relative and flexible. For example there was a time when it was good science to question vaccines for their effectiveness and their side effects and/or suggest alternative treatments. That science became evil...

. 18) Rom 12:9b . . Hate what is evil. Hating evil is second nature to God-fearing people; or at least it should be. ● Ps 97:10 . .You who love The Lord: hate evil. ● Job 1:1 . . In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and...

. 17) Rom 12:9a . . Don't just pretend that you love others. The Greek word translated "love" basically pertains to benevolence rather than affection and/or fondness. Benevolence is defined as acts of kindness and/or generosity. Pretense is defined as fiction, make-believe, and/or simulation...

. There's quite a bit of useful information to be obtained from YouTube; for example how to replace a microwave oven motor, resolve a computer issue, adjust an electric guitar's intonation, the proper way to position a lawnmower for an oil change, cook a turkey, and/or replace an electrical...

. 16) Rom 12:8d . . If you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. This particular gift relates to sympathy and compassion; which are emotions, i.e. feelings. Well; the problem is: we have very little, if any, control over those kinds of feelings; and I think we too often...

. 15) Rom 12:8c . . If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. A natural aptitude for church management doesn't count. It has to be God given; that is: a legitimate Spirit-endowed ability. (cf. Rom 12:3-8, 1Cor 12:4-11, 1Cor 12:27-30) There are far too many...

. 14) Rom 12:8b . . If you have money, share it generously. "generously" is translated from a Greek word basically meaning simplicity, which can be construed as innocence and/or naivete. In other words; sharing one's wealth without expecting reciprocity and/or gaining an advantage. To the...

. 13) Rom 12:8a . . If your gift is to encourage others, then do so. Developing children benefit from encouragement in a big way. Thoughtless grown-ups can destroy a young child's fragile spirit by criticizing them all the time and never once giving them an "attaboy" or a single vote of...

. ● Rev 8:1 . . And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. A reason for the silence isn't given, but I suspect the one in charge will be thinking about what he has to do next, and reluctant to bring it on; because the next round will be...