DEVOTION ~ CORRECTING IN LOVE

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Theme: Correcting in Love
Text: Proverbs 17:9&10

9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates friends. 10 Rebuke is more effective for a wise man than a hundred blows on a fool.


When a matter arises, usually everyone wants to speak to it. The manner in which this is done is very important to settling the issue at stake. If you're a person who always recall such unpleasant issue in every little conversation, that's unchristian of you. Your actions will separate friendships and inflict pain on both parties involved.

However, he who covers transgressions seeks love. Covering transgression in this context is not in anyway aiding wrong doing but, ensuring that you do not excalate the issue to an unresolvable level. Giving good counsel and teaching both parties to resolve issues in the Lord directs the tone in love. When a person does evil in your sight, rebuke such a person than leaving him in his evil and reporting it to people. If you cannot rebuke then, discuss it with a respectable individual to call the person to order if not, be silent. 

Rebuke is satisfying to the wise whereas to the fool, it is a means to trample on his right. If you hate rebuke of any form, you're unwise. Rebukes shakes our lifestyle and preserves us from harm. Cherish every godly rebuke and you will have a fulfilling life. 


Prayer: To those You love, You rebuke O God. Teach us to also correct those we love in godly ways to bring the best out of them. Spirit of the Living God fill our hearts and mind to accept rebukes and way in Your perfect will even now and forevermore in Jesus' name. AMEN! 

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