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Bible Reading: Philippians 4
Key Verse: Verse 15 – “ I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.”
Key Words: be of the same mind in the Lord
Not much is known about
these two ladies other than the name Euodias means prosperous journey and
Syntyche means fortunate. We also know
that the two of them did not get along.
We are not told what they disagreed on, but whatever it was had gotten
so out of hand that Paul had to mildly rebuke them.
It’s interesting that Paul
tells the two ladies to be of the same mind in the Lord. The word mind
means intellect or what one thinks. The
only way any of us can get along is to think what God thinks. Our thoughts should be based on the
Scriptures. Ultimately, we should all
want what the Lord wants. It is
important that in the church we dwell together in unity.
In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy
demanded that Linus change television channels, threatening him with her fist
if he didn’t. “What makes you think you
can walk right in here and take over?” asked Linus. “These five fingers,” said Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing but when I curl
them together into a fist, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold.”
Now while we would never
agree with Lucy’s tactics, she does make a good point: that being, individually
we are not very strong, but when we unite together as a body of believers in
God’s power, “we make a weapon to behold.”
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Don’t be difficult just
for the sake of being difficult, the church’s strength is found in unity.
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