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I wish you good relationships // Eu desejo a você bons relacionamentos


 

 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. EPHESIANS 4:2–3

 

I was reading this devotional and I wanted to share it with you. Because I know that sometimes keeping a relationship, whatever kind of relationship that may be, is hard. It requires work from both sides. Otherwise, it won't last long.

 

"In any relationship, it’s easy to start thinking the other person isn’t necessarily playing on your team. Maybe he has a differing opinion or looks at the task from a completely different angle, and before you know it, it feels like you’ll never be on the same page. The best way to thwart his attempts is to maintain “the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” But what does this mean? It means humbling yourself enough to refocus your individual agendas on what God wants. It means being patient the way you want others to be patient with you. It means eliminating anything that robs you of peace and bathing your relationship with prayer—together. Every day.

 

Father, I come to You in all humility with both palms up and ask that You show me anything that is coming between in my relationships and preventing us from having unity of spirit. Help them to do the same so that we will be one in the Spirit the way Your Word describes. Give us both the courage to be honest about anything that weighs on our hearts and creates a weak link in our bond. Give me patience—the same patience I know I want them to have with me. Give me a gentle spirit so that they feel safe and at ease to share anything with me that concerns them. Surround us; protect us both with Your peace—a peace that cannot be broken—so we will have the fullness of Your joy today. In Jesus˜name, amen."

Seja completamente humilde e gentil; sejam pacientes, suportando uns aos outros em amor. Faça todos os esforços para manter a unidade do Espírito através do vínculo da paz. EFÉSIOS 4:2–3

 

Estava lendo esse devocional e queria compartilhar com vocês. Porque eu sei que às vezes manter um relacionamento, seja qual for o tipo de relacionamento, é difícil. Requer trabalho de ambos os lados. Caso contrário, não durará muito.

 

"Em qualquer relacionamento, é fácil começar a pensar que a outra pessoa não está necessariamente jogando no seu time. Talvez ele tenha uma opinião diferente ou olhe para a tarefa de um ângulo completamente diferente e, antes que você perceba, parece que nunca estará na mesma página. A melhor maneira de frustrar as suas tentativas é manter “a unidade do Espírito através do vínculo da paz”. Mas o que isso significa? Significa humilhar-se o suficiente para reorientar suas agendas individuais naquilo que Deus deseja. Significa ser paciente da mesma forma que você deseja que os outros sejam pacientes com você. Significa eliminar tudo o que rouba a paz e banhar o seu relacionamento com oração – juntos. Diariamente.

 

Pai, venho a Ti com toda humildade, com as palmas para cima, e peço que me mostres qualquer coisa que esteja atrapalhando meus relacionamentos e nos impedindo de ter unidade de espírito. Ajude-os a fazer o mesmo para que sejamos um no Espírito da maneira que a Sua Palavra descreve. Dê a nós dois a coragem de sermos honestos sobre qualquer coisa que pese em nossos corações e crie um elo fraco em nosso vínculo. Dê-me paciência – a mesma paciência que sei que quero que eles tenham comigo. Dê-me um espírito gentil para que eles se sintam seguros e à vontade para compartilhar comigo qualquer coisa que lhes diga respeito. Cerque-nos; proteja-nos a ambos com a Sua paz - uma paz que não pode ser quebrada - para que tenhamos a plenitude da Sua alegria hoje. Em nome de Jesus, amem."

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