Skip Brinkley
on May 21, 2026

Set Your Mind on Life and Love, Not Hate, Death and Division

Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.

Devotional 2026 May

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Set Your Mind on Life and Love, Not Hate, Death and Division

Do not believe those who hate or tell lies, or those who divide people.

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
Colossians 3:12, 810, 1217

Skip Brinkley became a Christian at age 30 and has served in the church as a youth and adult Sunday school teacher, ministry leader in prayer, evangelism, security, usher/greeter, Alpha, and men’s ministry. For a decade he helped organize his local National Day of Prayer. is happily married and has a wonderful wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandsons. He has been writing since 2014, sharing God’s love in the Bible for all people. His blog was launched in 2021, and in 2023 he was Nominated Who’s Who in American Writers.

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