Just for Ladies – by Camille Stahl
Euodias and Syntyche
Today’s Passage –Proverbs 4 – 6 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website)
(Second Milers also read – Mark 3 – 4; Psalms 76 – 80; Proverbs 16)
Scripture Memorization for June – Great Commission Verses
Listen to this morning’s Scripture song – Psalm 92:1 – 4
Read a great article by Brother Rick Houk – “Keeping It Fresh – Summer Bible Study“
Read the “0716 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
A Study of Women in the Bible
“I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.” (Philippians 4:2-3)
Two Christian ladies got into an argument about how they should help Philippi. Maybe it was about the color of the walls or what flowers should be planted outside. It didn’t have to be a large issue that started their disagreement, but it clearly affected the whole congregation.
Faithful Christians don’t always agree. Sometimes their personal preferences don’t align perfectly, and that can cause stress and contention. It does not mean that either has given up the faith. All believers need to “agree to disagree in love”. Personal preferences should not hurt the cause of Christ.
When you have a difference of opinion with another believer in your congregation, do you deal with it in love, or does it become an opportunity to battle each other? Remember new believers are watching. You don’t have to love everything your brother or sister does, just agree with that person that in Christ you will work together for His kingdom, and not your own.
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15:12)
Thank You
1 John 5:13 – 14
Posted in Just for Ladies by Phil Erickson with 1 comment.
Must have been something very small as there is no mention as to why they were bickering. Isn’t that the way it often happens. It is true that the lesson is that others are (definitely) watching. I know I observe others in church and usually receive a blessing but there are rare times that I see something not becoming of Christians. I recognize that flesh makes us behave in ways unbecoming but new Christians may be really discouraged by what they see/hear that they just stop coming.