Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. —Psalm 34:14
It is not enough to turn from evil. We can clean the putrid things out of our lives and hearts, but if we do not actively pursue what is good, then a worse evil can rush into the void, and our second condition becomes worse than the first (Matthew 12:43-45). So, let’s be people who turn from evil, become eager to do what is good, and with a passion choose to “wage peace.”
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also
You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light…—Ephesians 5:8. Our before and after: we were lost, now found; we were darkness, now
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. —James 3:13. James promised that
