T. H. I. N. K.

Before we post or speak, we should practice T. H. I. N. K.

Ask yourself…

T — Is what you are saying to and about someone True?

H — Is what you are saying to and about someone Helpful?

I — Is what you are saying to and about someone going to be Inspiring?

N — Is what you are wanting to say about someone Necessary ?

K — Is what you are saying about someone Kind?

The question, I presented to God Father and Son as Won for me, is: How deep is this love of the cross to us all? I then began new to see from Father, Daddy's, Papa's view God over us all y'all (Romans 12:2)
I only had treated others as I saw God loved me, and I was told I am no good by religion and better get better. So I tried to do, back then the Love of God through Son conditionally, as even Paul said, since God saved him, God can save all, Believe, receive and see. So, I found out this love is unconditional from God Father through Son it is a gift, as religion makes it not unconditional to conditional works, which adds to the word of God in love to us all and makes it hypocrisy to me presently and now see as God sees. to not fight back physically at all anymore ever again Just Love God's way 1 Cor 13:4-7

John 13:34-35 NIV - “A new command I give you: Love one

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A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,

I get your point, but often one's motives are terribly misconstrued. For example, things like being "Helpful," "Inspiring," "Necessary," and "Kind" have more than one application. In other words, they do not always appear in the limited manner in which some people view them.

In relation to "inspiring," here is what the Bible says about itself.

2Ti 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and, therefore, it ought to be inspiring to us in that it comes directly from him. The "problem" is that it often inspires us by means of reproof and correction, and if one were to reprove or correct another by means of the same out of genuine concern for them, then their words would often be viewed as being "unhelpful," "uninspiring," "unnecessary," or "unkind."

Of course, at the other extreme, someone could use what I just said to justify their own wicked desire to just tell other people off.

Anyhow, in principle, I agree with what you said, but the terms given need to be fully defined and understood, and the motives of the hearts of the people involved are of utmost importance.

I THINK that advice is T.H.I.N.K.

You will know them by their fruit... It seems that not everyone bites into the fruit we offer, as they may judge it as unpleasant to look at and not "good" for food. Sometimes I think I must be offering a sort of durian. There is no good in me, I'm not a good mother, nor a good daughter, nor a good sister, nor a good wife, and neither am I much of a good friend. In fact, there is no one good, really, except God.

And then after this comes forgiveness.
How many times should we forgive?
Seventy times Seven - says The Lord.
For literal interpreters of the Bible this means : An Infinite number.

Probably came out wrong.
I addressed the literal interpreters to realize that the expression 70x7 means 'you need to forgive without end'.

Blessings are for counting; not offenses.

Completely agree.

We should "think" before we speak.
However, if a bus is coming at you, and you need to get out of the street, I'm not going to wondering if I'm being "inspiring" before I yell, "HEY A BUS IS COMING!"
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being a Christian in this world is sometimes akin to a person crying out that the bridge ahead is out. Not everything we say is encouraging but necessary

I don't believe anyone here has bad intentions toward anyone. Blunt, honest and firm is not bad. It happens to me and I have done it to others.......Emotional people struggle with it. Objective people brush it off.....and maybe learn something.

Banned people......deserve it.

We are to SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE (Ephesians 4:15)

1. TRUTH: We should always speak the truth, that has primacy.
2. LOVE: And our intention should always be from a place of love, of desiring the highest good for others.

Intention vs Technique:
1. Note that "love" isn't a particular technique - it is an INTENTION, a MOTIVATION.
2. Why does this matter?
3. It matters because, if our intention is to do good, this gives us the liberty to use MANY techniques, and MANY methods.
4. We should always speak in love (desiring another's highest good) but different people and circumstances may call for doing that in different WAYS.

Conclusion:
- To speak in love is to speak with a particular intention, not a particular technique.
- There are many ways to speak with a loving intention... different circumstances may call for different approaches.
- I'm not suggesting we discard courtesy or diplomacy; I'm only suggesting there are different keys for different locks, and we should be wise.

Have a great weekend everyone.
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