Live As God Intended

Just thinking about a devotional I ran across the other day. It included some wonderful reminders and I felt compelled to share them with you. Here are ten scriptural principles to help you live as God intended.

1. Guard your tongue. Always say less than you think and others will respect you.
2. Make promises sparingly, keep them faithfully and people will trust you.
3. Never let an opportunity pass to say a kind word, and someday you will look back with joy and not regret.
4. Be genuinely interested in others; show it by listening attentively and expressing your appreciation.
5. Be cheerful. Don’t dwell on your aches and pains; everybody has trouble. There are people in hospitals who’d gladly trade places with you.
6. Keep an open mind and try to get all the facts. Discuss, but don’t argue. Learn to disagree without being disagreeable. Give other people the benefit of the  doubt.
7. Discourage gossip, it’s destructive.
8. Be sensitive to the feeling of others. If you do, people will consider you to be wise.
9. Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you. Live so that nobody will believe them.
10. Don’t worry about getting the credit, just keep giving your best and be patient. God records and God rewards!

Source: The Word for You Today – www.rumc.com