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Children
disrespect, hurt, and even kill each other. School violence has become
a major national social issue - for kids, parents, and teachers.
The Peace Rug® and The Peace Rug ProcessSM
were developed for teachers and parents to teach children how to
resolve their differences respectfully and peacefully. By using this
program, children feel more secure about themselves and are able to get
along better with each other.
We wish to give complete credit
to God for the inspiration of The Peace Rug®. Some Old and New
Testament Bible verses on peace are below:
Proverbs 15:1 [Gentleness better than harshness.] "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Psalm 133:1 [It's good to be one.] "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!"
Proverbs 18:21 [Tongue can be destructive.] "Death and life are in the power of the tongue…"
Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:39; James 2:8 ["Love your neighbor as yourself."]
Proverbs 17:17 ["A friend loves at all times."]
Proverbs 15:4 [A soothing voice brings life.] "A soothing tongue is a tree of life."
Colossians 3:12-17 [Put on love]
"…put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness
and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each
other… and beyond all these things put on love, which is the
perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts…let the word of Christ richly dwell within you; with all
wisdom teaching and admonishing one another…"
Colossians 4:6 [Speech needs to be seasoned with grace.]
"Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt,
so that you may know how you should respond to each person."
Ephesians 4:26 [Don't let the sun go down on your anger.] "Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger…"
Matthew 18:15 [If your brother sins, go and reprove him in private.]"And if your brother sins, go and reprove him, in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother."
Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27 ["Love your enemies."]
I John 4:7 [Love one another.] "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God…"
I Corinthians 14:1 ["Pursue love."]
Matthew 5:9 ["Blessed are the peacemakers…"]
Romans 15:5-6 [Be of the same mind.] "May God …grant you to be of the same mind with one another…"
Romans 12:18 […"be at peace with all men."]
I Corinthians 1:10 [Let there be no divisions.]
"I exhort you…that you all agree, and that there be no divisions
among you, but you be made complete in the same mind…"
Ephesians 2:14-16 [He is our peace, making two groups into one…]
"For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke
down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the
enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, that
in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing
peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the
cross, by it having put to death the enmity."
2 Corinthians 5: 18 [He gave us all the ministry of reconciliation.] "Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."
James 3:18 [Peacemakers] "And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace, by those who make peace."
Ephesians 4:3 [Preserve Peace] "…being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
Ephesians 4:15 [Speak the truth in love] "…but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him …"
Matthew 5: 23 -24 [Be reconciled] "…be reconciled…"
Ephesians 4: 29 [Give only grace words]
"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word
as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it
may give grace to those who hear."
Matthew 5: 9 [Blessed are the peacemakers]"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
1 Peter 3: 11 [Seek peace] "…seek peace and pursue it."
* New American Standard Version
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