In the P of GP we read that Abraham took his wife and nephew and all their substance , and the souls they had won in Haran and departed. As they journeyed they dwelt in tents. Abraham built an altar in the land of Jershon and made offerings to the Lord. He prayed that the famine would abate and his father would not perish. Abraham continued to travel and built altars and prayed unto the Lord as he went. Abraham 2:15-21 "And I took Sarai, whom I took to wife when I was in Ur, in Chaldea, and Lot, my brother's son, and all our substance that we had gathered, and the souls that we had won in Haran, and came forth in the way to the land of Canaan, and dwelt in tents as we came on our way; Therefore, eternity was our covering and our rock and our salvation, as we journeyed from Haran by the way of Jershon, to come to the land of Canaan. Now I, Abraham, built an altar in the land of Jershon, and made an offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the famine might be turned away from my father's house, that they might not perish. And then we passed from Jershon through the land unto the place of Sechem; it was situated in the plains of Moreh, and we had already come into the borders of the land of the Canaanites, and I offered sacrifice there in the plains of Moreh, and called on the Lord devoutly, because we had already come into the land of this idolatrous nation. And the Lord appeared unto me in answer to my prayers, and said unto me: Unto thy seed will I give this land. And I, Abraham, arose from the place of the altar which I had built unto the Lord, and removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched my tent there, Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; and there I built another altar unto the Lord, and called again upon the name of the Lord. And I, Abraham, journeyed, going on still towards the south; and there was a continuation of a famine in the land; and I, Abraham, concluded to go down into Egypt, to sojourn there, for the famine became very grievous."
In the New Testament we read about how God is patient and gives us consolation and we need to be like minded toward one another. Just as God shows love and compassion toward us, we need to follow His example and do the same for others. Romans 15: 5 "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:"
Going right along with this, some verses with a thought booklet specifically tell us how we should treat others. We should edify and lift one another, now allowing any corrupt communication to proceed out of our mouths, and avoiding all bitterness, anger, malice, wrath and evil speaking. We need to be kind and tenderhearted to one another, being willing to forgive each other just as God has forgiven us. Ephesians 4:29-32 "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
In the New Testament we read about how God is patient and gives us consolation and we need to be like minded toward one another. Just as God shows love and compassion toward us, we need to follow His example and do the same for others. Romans 15: 5 "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:"
Going right along with this, some verses with a thought booklet specifically tell us how we should treat others. We should edify and lift one another, now allowing any corrupt communication to proceed out of our mouths, and avoiding all bitterness, anger, malice, wrath and evil speaking. We need to be kind and tenderhearted to one another, being willing to forgive each other just as God has forgiven us. Ephesians 4:29-32 "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
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