It's hard to know the best way to respond to people who represent your "opposite you." How do you find and show acceptance toward someone when you would rather show them the door? The answer is found in the admonition, "Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to ...

Every pet peeve writes a check on our joy account. "He gets under my skin." "She gets on my nerves." "He is such a pain in the neck." How can we help people smile if our happiness account is overdrawn. We can't. For this reason, Paul said, "Be patient, bearing with one another in love" (Ephesians...

In a world where the conversation is all about self-care, the overriding message is if you're feeling unhappy, you should focus more on your own happiness. But it is actually in our best interests to look out for the interests of others. Happiness happens not when we seek to bring joy to ourselv...

We often withhold forgiveness for fear of letting the wrongdoer off the hook. We are a society of right and wrong, checks and balances, justice and punishment. But when we fully grasp God's mercy toward us, forgiveness, while still difficult, at least becomes possible. And so does happiness. "Be ...

Burdens come in all shapes and sizes. Often, they come as a result of an illness, or a crisis, or a broken relationship. Each of us has spiraled downward, and each of us knows someone who has done the same. It is for this reason Paul urges, "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fu...

Each of the "one another" passages we have studied so far could fall under the umbrella of the ultimate "one another": "Love one another" (1 John 3:11). Learn how to show agape love, the kind of love that "writes the check when the balance is low...forgives the mistake when the offense is high......