Marriage and Parenting for Missionaries
One of our field staff asked me, “How do we implement Beyond’s emphasis on one another care?”
Here’s an easy family game to help you implement these instructions from God’s heart. Each of the following texts are like “spiritual growth hormones.”
The Game:
Each morning during breakfast, pick one of the following verses, and find at least one opportunity to implement it during that day. Then at dinnertime talk about your experiences. Make note of the date and your experiences so you’ll remember.
Guarantee: The more you practice these, the more they’ll stick in your heart and naturally become how others see Christ in you.
- Be at peace with one another (Mk. 9:50)
- Don’t grumble among one another (Jn. 6:43)
- Be of the same mind with one another (Rom. 12:6; 15:5)
- Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you (Rom. 15:7)
- Don’t bite, devour, and consume one another (Gal. 5:26)
- Don’t boastfully challenge or envy one another (Gal. 5:26)
- Gently, patiently tolerate one another (Eph. 4:2)
- Be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving to one another just as Christ forgave you (Eph. 4:32)
- Bear with and forgive one another (Col. 3:13)
- Seek good for one another; and don’t repay evil for evil (1 Thes. 5:15)
- Don’t complain against one another (James 4:11; 5:9)
- Confess sins to one another (James 5:16)
- Love one another (Jn. 13:34-35; 15:12, 17; Rom. 13:8; 1 Thes. 4:9; 1 Pet. 3:8; 4:8; 1 Jn. 3:11, 23; 4:7, 11, 12; 2 Jn. 5)
- Serve one another (Gal. 5:13)
- Tolerate one another in love (Eph. 4:2)
- Greet one another with a kiss of love (lit. a “holy kiss”) (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Pet. 5:14)
- Be devoted to one another in love (Rom. 12:10)
- Wash one another’s feet (Jn. 13:14)
- Honor one another above yourselves (Rom. 12:10)
- Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud… Do not be conceited. (Rom. 12:16)
- Be subject to one another (Eph. 5:21)
- Regard one another as more important than yourselves (Phil. 2:3)
- Clothe yourselves in humility toward one another (1 Pet. 5:5)
- Don’t judge one another (Rom. 14:13)
- Bear one another’s burdens (Gal. 6:2)
- Speak truth to one another (Eph. 4:25; 1 Cor. 3:9)
- Comfort one another (1 Thes. 4:18)
- Encourage and build up one another (Col. 3:9; 1 Thes. 4:18; 5:11; Heb. 3:13)
- Stimulate one another to love and good deeds (Heb. 10:24)
- Pray for one another (Jas. 5:16)
- Be hospitable to one another (1 Pet. 4:9)
- Agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you… (1 Cor. 1:10)
- Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love (Eph. 4:2)
- Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ (Eph. 5:21)
- Encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thes. 4:18; 5:11; Heb. 3:13; 10:25)
- Admonish one another (Col. 3:16)
- Teach one another (Col. 3:16)
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