Twelve Bible principles that help individuals restore broken relationships
While the Bible may not explicitly mention "daily habits" many of its teachings can be applied as daily practices for spiritual well-being. Here are twelve practical daily habits inspired by bible passages:
Be Patient
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Exercise patience and kindness
Put your family First
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Mark 10:6-9
Family relationships are vital for everyone. Give them priority.
Be a faithful Friend
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
Be a faithful friend. Through the good times and the hard, trust support and reassure your friends.
Flee Bitterness
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Ephesians 4:31
Bitterness is a root of evil, dont hold onto it or it will take control of you.
Do not take Revenge
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19
Do not take revenge. Express your grievances and seek reconciliation, restitution or justice. Taking revenge though is not your role.
Choose friends Wisely
Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man.
Proverbs 22:24
Choose friends wisely, be cautious in friendship
Forgive others who have hurt You
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:14-15
Practice forgiveness
Overlook others faults
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
Overlook the faults of others by increasing your love for them.
Appreciate others Opinions
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3
Understand the other person's point of view and give it as much thought as you do your own opinions
Avoid judging Others
How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
Luke 6:42
Avoid being judgmental of others' faults especially if you cant see your own faults.
Do not betray Secrets
Whoever covers an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9
Do not betray secrets.
Say you are Sorry
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.
Psalm 23:1-2
Everyone has hurt others and needs forgiveness from them. You need to confess your mistakes (or sins) to others and seek their forgiveness. You also need to consider your relationship with Jesus and whether it is broken as well. You will not be able to live up to the ideals of the Bible without Jesus' help. Go to Become a Christian to find out more.
