• Luke 6:40
  • Don’t: Drown in bitterness
    • Acts 5:40-42 – flogged, warned
    • Acts 8:1-4, 40 – ravaged, scattered
    • Acts 11:19-21 – persecuted
    • Acts 13:44-52 – persecuted, kicked out
    • Acts 14:2-7 – mistreated, threatened
    • Acts 14:19-28 – stoned, left for dead
    • Acts 18:2, 26 – discriminated against
    • Acts 21:30-32 – kidnapped, beaten
  • Do: Maintain the join of God’s salvation.
    • **Acts 16:**22-25; 9:31; 15:3
  • Don’t: Assume, accuse, and fight like the world.
    • Acts 21:27-29
    • Acts 16:27-30
  • Do: Remain honorable in conflict.
    • I Corinthians 6:1-7
  • Don’t: Forget this person has a soul.
    • Acts 26:24-29
    • Acts 7:59-60
    • I Corinthians 8:11
    • I Timothy 2:6
  • Do: Pray and consult the word of God.
    • Acts 15:1-18