Bending Hearts, Not Necks

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Leviticus 19:18 (NIV) Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Proverbs 10:12 (NIV) Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 (NIV) Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Matthew 5:38-39 (NIV) 38  "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' 39  But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

An Arab proverb runs thus: "The neck is bent by the sword, but heart is only bent by heart." Love is irresistible.  D. L. Moody   (Anecdotes, Incidents and Illustrations)

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