Bible Discussion Thread

i have a brother in Christ that has harsh words to me when i forget to do something i should have remembered, what can i do?

My best advice is pray for your brother. God may very well use him to reveal shortcomings on your part; but you need to sift through the truth and eliminate either judging yourself in an overly harsh manner or holding resentment to this brother. Prayer would also help to assess his motives as to whether he is actually concerned about you or just trying to be self righteous to cover other errors in his own life. If there is no "iron sharpening iron" but mainly one sided criticism perhaps you should try to reduce time spent with him. The other issue is how much of this if any affects directly commitments made with him directly; or any social circles that you and he share as joint ministry commitments.

Hope that gets you started in the right direction.

Agape. Rich P

Hi Gerry , Proverbs Ch 15 V 1 , there is a saying ' kill them with kindness ' , no not literally smiley face , I have found that when some one is a bit sharp with me I try very hard to reply to them kindly and meekly , more often than not , this makes them aware of their own sharpness and they are usually embarrassed , give it a go , maybe he was just having a bad day ?

Dear first of all, I would advise you and pray for him. But you can also say things straight up in his face that he can stop doing this, if he is playing in a way, since you are not playing. Then this is not fun for you.

God bless u and yours in Jesus name, love u in Christ. Luke 1:34