Forgive One Another Freely - 'MAY YOUR PEACE RETURN TO YOU '

How can you maintain self-control if someone is rude to you while you are in field service? When Jesus sent out 70 preachers, he told them to say to every family they visited: "May this house have peace." He continued: "If a friend of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him.  But if there is not, it will turn back to you." (Luke 10-:1, 5, 6) We are happy when people accept the good news we preach,  because they will benefit from it.  But sometimes people are peaceable.  What should we do then?  Jesus said that we should feel peaceful. We should be able to leave each door feeling peaceful inside, not matter how the householder treated us. If we got upset because the householder was unkind, we could not continue to have the peace Jesus talked about.

Do your best to feel peaceful in all situations, not just the Christian ministry. You may be willing to forgive others, but that does not mean that you approve  of their wrong conduct or pretend it does not hurt others.  You have to try and feel peaceful inside..  Some people think constantly about the bad  things that have happened to them and do not feel peaceful. Do not let anger control you. You cannot be happy if you stay angry with other people. So be willing to forgive.- EPHESIANS 4:31, 32.

Next time: Forgive One Another Freely - REACT IN A WAY THAT PLEASES JEHOVAH

From the jw.org publications