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Thursday, March 28, 2019. There is a lot of struggle in politics. But there is a lot of struggle | Thursday, March 28, 2019. There is a lot of struggle in politics. But there is a lot of struggle | ||
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- | ** ... ** | + | ** Jealousy |
- | + | Sometimes you find a lot of struggle in relationships you cannot avoid. It would be great if you | |
+ | could just leave all those in peace, which seem to have different ideas from yours how to work | ||
+ | together. But it is not always possible. Often, we are bound together either by our job or in | ||
+ | our church or somewhere else. What to do? | ||
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+ | The apostle Paul, in his first letter to the Korinthians, | ||
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+ | How do we get into a state where we work together and live together in peace? After years of | ||
+ | work both in churches, Christian projects and with small and large groups in my job I would | ||
+ | say that is a challenge and will remain a challenge. Humans are just very different! But there | ||
+ | are some basic point which can help you personally a lot ... | ||
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- | ** ... ... ** | + | ** Be a servant |
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+ | Have a look at Jesus. He is said to be God, who be came human. He understood himself as a servant. | ||
+ | Of course, he was the master - he also communicated this to his disciples. But as a master, he | ||
+ | acted as a servant. He even called his disciples ' | ||
+ | of relationship, | ||
+ | As humans, and in particular as believers, we are sons and daughters of God through faith in Jesus. | ||
+ | We are lifted up to a very valued position: sons and daughters of the most high. We are told that | ||
+ | the holy spirit enables us to know the truth, and to act in truth, to live in the truth. At the | ||
+ | same time, we are called to follow Jesus. We are called to become servants as he chose to become | ||
+ | a servant. We are called to make our own choices, to make this reality in our life. | ||
+ | The balance between being prince and being servant at the same time bears a deep and fantastic | ||
+ | miracle. As servant, we can give all others full priority. As prince and princess we can realize | ||
+ | and accept the unbelievable value which God puts into our own life and existence, as he does | ||
+ | with all other princes and princesses, all other humans! The holy spirit is there to guide | ||
+ | us through this practically day by day ... | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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