Be a Jolly Good Fellow!
Reading: Romans 12:9-21
"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone" (Rom 12:18)
Let us make it possible by following the strategies given below
1. Greet unreservedly!
Even good neighbours fail to greet each other. An unreserved smile is the best greeting, be it friends or strangers you would like to get to know. Don’t lock up a smile in your mouth. Smile freely. Say hello or hi and add a few words of enquiry. Even within the family, greeting one another is a must to cement the members. Don’t demand a cup of coffee without first wishing good morning with a pleasant face. Approach the new neighbours with a smile and enquire, and their suspicious wrinkles in the face will smoothen out and their shut hearts open up. Learn from Mary how to greet. The hearer must experience a touch of the Holy Spirit and the life within her must leap! Such sincere, holy and hot greeting (Lk 1:41).
2. Thank profusely!
It is predicted, "In the last days men shall be unthankful" (2 Tim 3:2). You may say you were thankful in your heart. But people cannot see your feelings. Express your gratitude openly. Remind your benefactor of the help they gave, just to let them know that you still remember it with gratitude. Paying for a help doesn’t mean you don’t need to thank. Thank when you get down from the auto. Thank the shopkeeper when he hands over your purchase. If Jesus could be disappointed at 10% thankfulness none of us is more angelic than Him (Lk 17:16,17).
3. Appreciate aptly!
You don’t need to flatter. Truthfully appreciate the other person — her appearance, dress, performance, talents, gifts, possession, etc. What does this convey to her? By a few words of commendation you tell her you are not at all jealous of her and you desire her wellbeing. Paul lost a good companion because he saw only the negative aspects of John Mark. But it needed a Barnabas to see something of worth in Mark. When Paul matured and learned to appreciate he commends Mark (2 Tim 4:11). But the credit of salvaging a future minister goes to Barnabas. Appreciation is tonic for children and husband. Give it three times a day before meals.
Practise these three building blocks of relationship and you will see miracles happening and you will become a jolly good fellow!
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, 8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
Be a Jolly Good Fellow!
Reading: Romans 12:9-21
"If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone" (Rom 12:18)
Let us make it possible by following the strategies given below
1. Greet unreservedly!
Even good neighbours fail to greet each other. An unreserved smile is the best greeting, be it friends or strangers you would like to get to know. Don’t lock up a smile in your mouth. Smile freely. Say hello or hi and add a few words of enquiry. Even within the family, greeting one another is a must to cement the members. Don’t demand a cup of coffee without first wishing good morning with a pleasant face. Approach the new neighbours with a smile and enquire, and their suspicious wrinkles in the face will smoothen out and their shut hearts open up. Learn from Mary how to greet. The hearer must experience a touch of the Holy Spirit and the life within her must leap! Such sincere, holy and hot greeting (Lk 1:41).
2. Thank profusely!
It is predicted, "In the last days men shall be unthankful" (2 Tim 3:2). You may say you were thankful in your heart. But people cannot see your feelings. Express your gratitude openly. Remind your benefactor of the help they gave, just to let them know that you still remember it with gratitude. Paying for a help doesn’t mean you don’t need to thank. Thank when you get down from the auto. Thank the shopkeeper when he hands over your purchase. If Jesus could be disappointed at 10% thankfulness none of us is more angelic than Him (Lk 17:16,17).
3. Appreciate aptly!
You don’t need to flatter. Truthfully appreciate the other person — her appearance, dress, performance, talents, gifts, possession, etc. What does this convey to her? By a few words of commendation you tell her you are not at all jealous of her and you desire her wellbeing. Paul lost a good companion because he saw only the negative aspects of John Mark. But it needed a Barnabas to see something of worth in Mark. When Paul matured and learned to appreciate he commends Mark (2 Tim 4:11). But the credit of salvaging a future minister goes to Barnabas. Appreciation is tonic for children and husband. Give it three times a day before meals.
Practise these three building blocks of relationship and you will see miracles happening and you will become a jolly good fellow!
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, Mob:8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
