“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12 NIV
Believers are grateful for Godʼs mercy. They show this by serving God with their minds and their bodies.. Godʼs love completely changes the way that believers think and act. They serve God together as brothers and sisters. Godʼs people are all different from one another. But they all trust Jesus. In this way they are made one. Paul described this like being a body that has many different parts. Even though the parts do different things, they belong to the same body. Jesusʼ followers have many different gifts. Because of this they do different kinds of work. But they are brought together as one in the body of Christ. Living together as the body of Christ means living in peace. This includes being humble and honest. Believers do good even to people who cause harm. Believers trust God to bring judgement against people who are doing evil. This is because only Godʼs love is strong enough to stop the power of evil.