Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Daily Devotional**
A new Web site helps you tell a co-worker what you?re afraid to say in person. Comments like: ?A breath mint would be beneficial today? or ?Your cell phone ringer is very loud today? or ?Your perfume/cologne is very strong on a regular basis.? You confront issues anonymously by having the Web site send an e-mail message for you.
It?s understandable that we?re cautious in talking to others about something that bothers us. But when it comes to confronting fellow believers about their sin, that?s serious. We might wish we could do it anonymously, yet we have to do it face to face.
Galatians 6:1-5 offers some guidelines for confronting a fellow Christian who is living a sinful lifestyle. The first requirement is that we?re close to the Lord ourselves, and that we don?t exalt ourselves as superior to the one who is sinning. Then we are to look at the situation as restoring the person, not bringing condemnation. We?re to have ?a spirit of gentleness,? all the while keeping in mind that we too may be tempted. Jesus also gave instructions that can help us with issues of sin against us personally (Matt. 7:1-5; 18:15-20).
With God?s enablement we can courageously and sensitively confront and restore others. ? Anne Cetas
Lord, give us courage to confront
Believers who have strayed,
And then with gentleness restore
By coming to their aid. ?Sper
To help people get back on the right path, walk with them and show them the way.