True freedom is to serve one another in love. Galatians 5:13-15, 1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 and Luke 10:25-37.

Joseph forgave his brothers for selling him into slavery and treated them kindly. Genesis 45:4-11 and Genesis 50:15-21.

God’s blessing and favor rest on those who obey Him; obedience is the way to joy and peace. Psalm 1, Psalm 19:7-14 and 119:1-8.

Be patient and bear with one another. Proverbs 15:18, 20:3, 26:21 and 1 Corinthians 13:4.

God works in us through his Word to bring us to spiritual maturity, to sanctify us. John 17:17, Colossians 3:16 and Psalm 119:105.