A Peace-Filled Life

Want a more peaceful life? Then follow Paul's prescription to Titus...

“Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him.”
(Titus 3:10 MESSAGE)

So many times in our effort to appear correct to everyone under the sun, we are constantly fussing with people over scripture and ministry styles... it seems to validate us to have everyone agree with us - but truthfully not everyone will... our call is to be true to God's call on our lives - to be true to how He put us together and be ourselves in Christ...

I believe a valuable action to learn is to simply smile and nod - after explaining something to someone once or twice only to have them come 3 and 4 and 50 times over style issues simply look them in the eye and smile, while nodding to the fact you are hearing them and go off and do what God has given you to do the way that God has given you to do it... now understand I am not talking about violating leadership when they are trying to teach you a certain way of doing things - I am talking about people you are not to be submitted to trying to sway you in what you are doing or how you are doing it... if we give in and are always explaining or arguing with them then we move into a place of submission to that person's approval of what we are doing - always working at trying to gain it... after explaining it once or twice simply let them know you are not going to fuss with them anymore about this or that and move on...

God has given us a great mission to accomplish with His Holy Spirit - He has uniquely made us as individuals and as a congregation... we simply are not here to be another cookie cutter church producing cookie cutter Christians that are powerless and impotent... look around us - lives are radically changing and hearts are burning for God - the fruit speaks for the method God has given us...

What I have found is that usually people who are constantly arguing with us over things struggle with the issue of discipleship - usually they aren't one hence the lack of humble teachability to anything new or different from what they are used to...

We are here to be disciples and make disciples - not convince everyone we are right...