Bearing with One Another

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Our Daily Bread Ministries

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

I stopped behind a car at a red light the other day and noticed a bright sticker on the rear window boldly stating: “New Driver. Please Be Patient.” Given all the road rage we hear about (or experience), what a great reminder to be patient with other drivers.

As I looked at the sticker, I wondered what would happen if people carried around signs that alerted us that they’re a “New Parent” or “New Christian.” If we knew what our neighbors or coworkers or others we encounter throughout our day were going through, would we be more patient and even help them deal with their struggles?

We may be rushing through our days trying to avoid being interrupted by others, but let’s consider how Jesus treated people. He wasn’t in a hurry. He had compassion on people and took the time to comfort and teach and show love to those He encountered.

As believers in Jesus, we’re called to “live a life worthy of the calling [we] have received” (Ephesians 4:1). The apostle Paul says that includes being “completely humble and gentle; [being] patient, bearing with one another in love” (v. 2) and making every effort to live in peace and unity with each other (v. 3).

We may not know what challenges people are facing, but we can be patient with them. Let’s be an expression of Jesus’ love to everyone we encounter on our daily path.

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0:00.0	Be completely humble and gentle. Be patient, bearing with one another in love.
0:06.0	Ephesians chapter 4, verse 2.
0:10.2	Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.
0:14.2	Our reading titled Bearing with One Another was written by Nancy Gabianis,
0:19.6	and read by Rochelle Traub.
0:23.3	Ephesians chapter 4 verses 1 through 6.
0:27.7	As a prisoner for the Lord then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
0:34.6	Be completely humble and gentle.
0:37.4	Be patient, bearing with one another in love.
0:40.3	Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
0:45.3	There is one body and one spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called.
0:52.3	One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
0:57.9	of All, who is over all and through all and in all.
1:05.7	Baring with one another, written by Nancy Gavionis.
1:12.3	I stopped behind a car at a red light the other day and noticed a bright sticker on the
1:17.3	rear window boldly stating, new driver, please be patient. Given all the road rage we hear
1:24.5	about or experience, what a great reminder to be patient with other drivers.
1:30.3	As I looked at the sticker, I wondered what would happen if people carried around signs that
1:36.3	alerted us that they're a new parent or a new Christian. If we knew what our neighbors,
1:42.3	coworkers, or others we encounter throughout our day were going through,
1:46.0	would we be more patient and even help them deal with their struggles?
1:51.0	We may be rushing through our days, trying to avoid being interrupted by others,
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