Life Lesson (verse 2 Samuel 4:4)
We are to consider those among us who seem weaker.
Life Lesson (verse 2 Samuel 4:9)
When you give your life to God, it means you let Him direct you.
Life Lesson (verse 2 Samuel 4:12)
Jesus said to love and pray for our enemies.
Ps 118:8 NLT
8 It is better to trust the LORD than to put confidence in people.
1 Cor 12:20-22 NKJV
20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
1 Cor 12:14-17 TLB
14 Yes, the body has many parts, not just one part. 15 If the foot says, "I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And what would you think if you heard an ear say, "I am not part of the body because I am only an ear and not an eye"? Would that make it any less a part of the body? 17 Suppose the whole body were an eye-then how would you hear? Or if your whole body were just one big ear, how could you smell anything?
Eph 4:12 TLB
12 Why is it that he gives us these special abilities to do certain things best? It is that God's people will be equipped to do better work for him, building up the Church, the body of Christ, to a position of strength and maturity;
1 Peter 4:10 NLT
10 God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you.
Gal 4:16 NKJV
16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
Matt 5:43-48 NKJV
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
Rom 5:10 NKJV
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Col 1:21 NKJV
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
Scripture quotations marked "NKJV(tm)" are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.