12 Guidelines for Christian Living (According To The Bible).

12 Guidelines for Christian Living (According To The Bible).
Guidelines for Christian Living, aka “Rules for Christian Living”, as seen in Romans 12.

12 Guidelines for Christian Living – Adapted from Romans 12:9-18, CEV

1. Be sincere in your love for others. (Verse 9a)
Related: Bible Verses about How to Treat Others; Love is not optional.

2. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. (Verse 9b)
Related: Don’t Speak Evil Against Each Other; Seek to do good.

3. Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself. (Verse 10)
Related: 5 Bible Verses About Honoring Others; Keep On Loving One Other As Brothers & Sisters.

4. Never give up. (Verse 11a)
Related: We should always pray and never give up.

5. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. (Verse 11b)
Related: Bible Verses about The Holy Spirit Helping You

6. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Verse 12, NIV)

7. Take care of God’s needy people and welcome strangers into your home. (Verse 13)
Related: 12 Bible Verses about Helping Others; 21Bible Verses about God’s care for us

8. Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. (Verse 14)
Related: Bible Verses about Being Mistreated

9. Rejoice with those who rejoice, mourn with those who mourn. (Verse 15, NIV)

10. Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all! (Verse 16, NLT)
Related: Bible Verses about Arrogance; Bible Verses about Attitude; The Calling of Humility.

11. Don’t mistreat someone who has mistreated you. (Verse 17a)
Related: When you feel mistreated; When Life Gives You Disappointments

12. Try to earn the respect of others, and do your best to live at peace with everyone. (Verses 17b-18)
Related: Living in peace with others

Closing Prayer For Today:
Thank you Lord for these helpful reminders from the Bible. May we always remember that when we “Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord” (Verse 11b), everything else comes together beautifully. Dear Lord, please help us to open ourselves and our hearts, and fully surrender to the work and leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

May God’s Holy Spirit rest upon us and dwell in us. May God’s love, light and hope radiate in us and through us. May we be a shining light to everyone we come in contact with. May the name of the Most High God be glorified in our lives and in the lives of our loved ones. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

See also: Bible Verses about Our Behavior, Christian Behavior

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