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| The acts of the flesh are obvious: … hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
| —Galatians 5:19-21 |
Sometimes, hatred and negativity seem to prosper within certain families. It’s almost as if seeds of hatred and negativity have been passed down from grandparents to parents to children. Have generations past sown seeds of disharmony and discord in us that flare up to cause breaks in our relationships with family and friends?
If so, we need to embrace the new life God gives us in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.
As the Apostle Paul reminded us in 2 Corinthians 5:17:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
If we have acknowledged that the Jesus Christ is our Savior and Lord, we must embrace our new life. We must put aside our hurts and grudges. We must say “No!” to the discord that has separated us from friends and family.
Instead, we must let the love of Christ flow out from us to touch the lives of everyone who crosses our pathway.
Let’s turn our backs on those seeds of negativity that were sown in us so many generations ago. We must embrace our new life in Christ. We will never change what we continue to tolerate.
