If we ever tried to make ends meet by stealing?
Well, don’t do that anymore!

Get a job & do an honest days work.

That’s how we can help others who can’t work.

Be sensitive in communicating.

Don’t be crass, foul or dirty in speech.

Use constructive words, terms that heal & help other.

Carefully make each word a rich gift

Don’t grieve God, He has tender feelings toward us.

Don’t break his heart.

His Spirit is in us, moving & breathing inside us.

He is very intimate with us.

He’s making us better through our circumstances.

Even when our situation is very challenging He’s building our faith.

Don’t react like a grouch.

Don’t stress out & become cutting

Refuse to be backbiting & stop all ugly, nasty talk.

Be gentle with each person.

Be sensitive.

Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly

Just as God in Christ forgave us.

Ephesians 4:28-32 paraphrased