Sandpaper Ministry

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"Therefore I, the prisoner of Christ, invite you to live the vocation you have received.  Be humble, kind, patient, and bear with one another in love.

"Make every effort to keep among you the unity of Spirit through bonds of peace.  Let there be one body and one spirit, for God, in calling you, gave the same Spirit to all.  One Lord, one faith, one baptism.  One God, the Father of all, who is above all and works through all and is in all.

"But to each of us divine grace is given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

"As for his gifts, to some he gave to be apostles, to others prophets, or even evangelists, or pastors and teachers.  So he prepared those who belong to him for the ministry, in order to build up the Body of Christ, until we are all united in the same faith and knowledge of the Son of God.  Thus we shall become the perfect Man, upon reaching maturity and sharing the fullness of Christ."

Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13

"O Father, help us always to praise rather than criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst.  This we ask for Thy name's sake.  Amen."  (William Barclay)

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