Jesus warned us before He left to return to His Father, “In this world, you will have trouble.” In this world, we will have trouble. Let us not be surprised or caught off guard when a room full of sinners, redeemed or not, have trouble in relationship to one another. God, in His wisdom, left us command after command on how to relate to “one another.” Why? Because He knew we would have trouble. So what posture does He desire for us when this trouble comes in relationship to the church body? God, I know trouble will come, so Lord Jesus - Teach us how to posture ourselves so that You would be pleased and get Your way; not so that we as individuals would be pleased and get our way - Lord, may Your will be done in our posture today! I have spent a considerable amount of invested time in 5 different churches in my 30 years. I can think of a few personal experiences regarding church conflict and I have several friends who have shared heartbreaking stories with me on the division th
We can and should strive for excellence - to be like Christ - but only enter the striving with a knowledge that the only truly excellent quality we can ever obtain is His grace.