7 Steps to See Good Days, part three

Let the man who would "love life, and see good days...seek peace." As much as in you is, be at peace with all men (Romans 12:18).

Don't have enemies. Somebody may not appreciate you and may be your enemy—but don't you be the enemy of anybody. Those who despitefully use you—we are commanded to pray for them.

Be at peace with every man—as much as possible, even your enemy. Then 'ensue it'. Make it a life policy as a peacemaker. Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God" (Matthew 5:9).

I didn't say compromisers. God's people aren't to compromise, but we are to stand, especially when truth is at stake. Be peace-loving people.

7 Steps on How to See Good Days, part two

"Let him eschew evil, and do good..."—I Peter 3:11a

There are the positive and the negative in one short sentence.

Step 2 to see good days:

Let him despise evil; let him avoid evil; let him separate from evil and start out on the positive side of the ledger doing good—not to be saved, but because he's saved.

Avoid evil communications. Avoid fornicators. Have no fellowship with the wicked, the ungodly. Have no fellowship with the one who doesn't believe this Bible. Then, set out to do good.

Find something to do for somebody. Carry a widow a pounding of food. Go visit one who may have nobody else. Every community has scores of shut-ins. Do good to them. Set out to do good.

7 Steps on How to See Good Days

"For he that will love life, and see good days."—I Peter 3:10

No one wants to have a bad day. We would like a good day every day. But we do have some disappointing days, some heartbreaking days, some difficult days. People sometimes break our hearts and part company with us. And that is never pleasant.

1. "Let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile."
If you would love life and see good days, learn to keep your mouth shut. The average one of us talks entirely too much.

In our idle hours, we gossip; we carry tales; we judge; we commit ourselves sometimes in a bad way.
The first basic principle of loving life and seeing good days is,

If you want to leave a trail of enemies behind you, just disobey that verse. If you want to lose friends, disobey that first thing.