{"id":691,"date":"2019-06-08T13:39:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivanigreppi.wordpress.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2022-09-16T02:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T02:54:31","slug":"day-3-of-21-renewing-your-mind-in-christ-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivanigreppi.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/08\/day-3-of-21-renewing-your-mind-in-christ-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 3 OF 21:  RENEWING YOUR MIND IN CHRIST JESUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A slight, an insult, a scorn, disdain, or snub from a friend is destructive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Broken trust is painful. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Betrayal, devastating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanigreppi.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/06\/beach.jpg\" alt=\"BEACH\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>God teaches us to love others, serve one another, and put others before ourselves. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But we all fall short.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are all imperfect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-693\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanigreppi.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/06\/flower.jpg\" alt=\"FLOWER\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only God can understand our deepest pains.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He will always be there.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He is loyal.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He never lies, and He will never reject us. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He teaches us to choose our friends wisely.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 13:20:<\/strong>\u00a0 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 146:3, 6:\u00a0<\/strong> Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. \u00a0He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them\u2014he remains faithful forever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 12:26:<\/strong>\u00a0 The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ephesians 5:6-7:<\/strong>\u00a0 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God\u2019s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.\u00a0 Therefore, do not be partners with them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 18:24:<\/strong>\u00a0 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Corinthians 15:33:\u00a0<\/strong> Do not be misled: \u201cBad company corrupts good character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalm 41:9:\u00a0<\/strong> Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 16:28:\u00a0<\/strong> A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 27:5-6:<\/strong>\u00a0 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Peter 2:1:\u00a0<\/strong> Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philippians 2:3:\u00a0<\/strong> Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. \u00a0Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 15:13:\u00a0<\/strong> There is no greater love than to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 27:17:<\/strong>\u00a0 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John 15:12-15:\u00a0<\/strong> My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.\u00a0 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends. <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>You are my friends if you do what I command. <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master\u2019s business. \u00a0<em>Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong> ~~~<\/strong>0<strong>~~~ <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks for taking time to read or even share the above post. For similar posts and more about myself and friends, please see the below links! God bless you! Ivani Greppi.<\/p>\n<p>LINKS FOR IVANI GREPPI:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ivanigreppi.wordpress.com\">Blog <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXEZmJU1hOZFE3FV_8lAMjQ\">YouTube Channel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ivani.greppi\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\u2018\u2026 write the vision; make it clear.\u2019 Habakkuk 2:2<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-225\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanigreppi.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/04\/ivani-greppi-yt-banner-3.jpg\" alt=\"Ivani Greppi YT Banner 3\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A slight, an insult, a scorn, disdain, or snub from a friend is destructive. Broken trust is painful. \u00a0 Betrayal, devastating. 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