DAY 7 - Pursue peace and build each other up:

DAY 7 - Pursue peace and build each other up:

Romans 14:19 “So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.”

Paul is here talking about eating meat and drinking wine…on both sides of the coin.  Don’t do things that cause others to stumble and don’t look for reasons to stumble. 

Kind of like that concept about drawing a circle around yourself and working on the things in that circle. Don’t offend and don’t look to be offended. Instead pursue the things that make us closer.  Talk about things that glorify God…. like in a marriage – if we are growing closer to God we are by definition growing closer to each other.

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