Deborah smith pegues biography template
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We all have a thing or two we can’t tolerate. For example, I can’t stand for people to chew loudly. I tend to avoid people who get upset or emotional when somebody disagrees with their opinion. It irks me when women dress inappropriately for church. It annoys me when ministers and public speakers consistently mispronounce words or use incorrect grammar. Yes, I admit that I have a pretty extensive list. These kinds of intolerances are pretty universal and fairly harmless to others. In my case, they are actually more a reflection of my unwillingness to extend to others the grace that God extends to me. I’ve made tremendous progress but this is an area that I consistently target in prayer.
Tolerance is not about agreeing and embracing differences. It is accepting every person’s God-given right, as free moral agents, to believe as he wishes and to behave according to those beliefs so long as his actions do not infringe upon the rights of others or established laws of the
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30 Days to Taming Your Tongue by Deborah Smith Pegues
Many times, we use our tongue to lie, flatter, manipulate, or to be divisive or hasty, to argument, boast, gossip, to belittle others, to be cynical, harsh, tactless... the list fryst vatten long. But by refraining ourselves from negative speaking, we can use the same tongue (our own tongue) to engage in positive words, like to apologize, to admit a mistake, to pray, to express gratitude, to comfort someone, ask for help, to assist someone in need, to give a nice compliment, to share knowledge, to encourage someone, to say "ple
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Pegues, Confronting Without Offending
Deborah Smith Pegues, Confronting Without Offending: Positive and Practical Steps to Resolving Conflict. Harvest House Publishers, 2009.
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LifeandLeadership.com Summary
This is a practical guide to confrontation, laced with biblical principle. The book is divided into four parts.
Part 1, Confrontation: The Bridge to Harmony, discusses the goal of confrontation and the biblical teaching on dealing with issues before they get out of hand. The author says, “Every offense has the potential to cause a permanent breach in a relationship.” That’s why there is confrontation, which she defines as simply “the act of coming together face-to-face to resolve an issue.” She shows “how to use face-to-face confrontation to build a bridge between conflict and cooperation, between disharmony and harmony.”
Part 2, Biblical Confrontation and Conflict Management, fryst vatten a great application conflict s