Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves. (NLT) -Matthew 10:16 As much as we should desire to be kind and giving, sometimes it can be difficult to do so in our current culture. We want to be good but don't want to be taken advantage of. Like many things in life, this requires a delicate balance of assertiveness and servitude. If you are heavy on assertiveness, try being a bit more subservient today by allowing others to express themselves more. If you are in need of more assertiveness, try speaking up today, either by asking questions or praising someone. Download this app to get your daily devotions: http://www.jctrois.com/dailybibledevotion/

Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? Ezekiel 33:26. https://bit.ly/kjvbibleapp

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage?search=Romans%2015%3A7&version=AKJV

Matthew 7:9-11 KJV Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? [10] Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? [11] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? https://tbibl.es/8Ed5

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Peter 1:3 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/1pe.1.3.KJV