Being of one mind includes having compassion or sympathy for what the person is facing. We can be like-minded through the love Christ puts in our hearts and suffer along with others. Be courteous and humble about yourself.
Learn all you can about your wife. You honor your wife by not criticizing her, but encouraging. To honor means to value her opinion. Pray together as heirs of the grace of God.
We are compared to sheep who wander off. Jesus is shown as the shepherd who goes after us and brings us back. He supplies every aspect of our needs as we let him care for us.
To feed on God’s Word means you read, meditate, memorize, pray and do it. As a living stone God has a divine purpose for your life despite what the circumstances. We are a royal priesthood.
Make up your mind about your sin being put to death, work at it and give over your emotions and desires. Ask God to take over your feelings through prayers.
All of our sins, failures are nailed to the cross with Christ. Count on the fact that your sins are forgiven and we are made alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Christ died for us and took our place. His death was the punishment for our sins. In his own body he took on all our failings and can identify with what we go through.