1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Samuel 25:21-22
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David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God deal with David,[c] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”
God provided David a way out of this situation. First God got Davids Attention. Then offered him the knowledge that he had a clear choice to make. Even if we want to pretend like we are not sure, or we are looking for a different answer then the one we got. God knows every cell in our body, and He knows when we have heard Him, and when we need clarification.
1 Samuel 25:32-33
David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.
How often does God meet in you in the middle of your heated moment or situation, and offer you nothing more than the opportunity to choose differently?
James 4:1-4
What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
Proverbs 18:1
An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
Proverbs 20:3
It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.
Proverbs 17:14
Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
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