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Try a Little Kindness (5 of 9)
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Dr.David Davis??
Galatians 5:22?
''But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith...''??
Gentleness also means kindness.??
When President George Bush was inaugurated as President of the United States...everyone waited to hear what kind of challenge he would give tot he nation in his Presidential address. You know what he said? ''The United States needs to be a kinder and more gentler nation.''??That's the need for the United States today. That's the need for your home and your life.?Could it be said about you that you are a kind and gentle person???I like what the little girls prayed -- ''Dear Lord, Make all the bad people good and all the good people kind.''??We have a lot of people who are good, but they have the need to learn how to be kind.??
I. THE WHAT OF KINDNESS?
Kindness comes from a root word that means -- ''to be good'' -- ''to be helpful'' -- ''to be useful'' -- to be suitable.''??It is translated sometimes as goodness -- tenderness -- friendliness -- or generous.??''Kindness is love in shoe leather.''?I Corinthians 13:4 - ''Love is kind...''??Kindness is love in practical and personal ways.??II. THE WHY OF KINDNESS??Let me give you three reasons why we ought to be kind.??1. God has been kind to us.??Titus 3:4-5 - ''But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;''??Do you know what the Bible calls the coming of Jesus into the world? God's kindness toward us.??Ephesians 4:32 - ''And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.''??2. The world needs to see your kindness.??People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.??God is love and love is kind. If you ha ...
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Dr.David Davis??
Galatians 5:22?
''But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith...''??
Gentleness also means kindness.??
When President George Bush was inaugurated as President of the United States...everyone waited to hear what kind of challenge he would give tot he nation in his Presidential address. You know what he said? ''The United States needs to be a kinder and more gentler nation.''??That's the need for the United States today. That's the need for your home and your life.?Could it be said about you that you are a kind and gentle person???I like what the little girls prayed -- ''Dear Lord, Make all the bad people good and all the good people kind.''??We have a lot of people who are good, but they have the need to learn how to be kind.??
I. THE WHAT OF KINDNESS?
Kindness comes from a root word that means -- ''to be good'' -- ''to be helpful'' -- ''to be useful'' -- to be suitable.''??It is translated sometimes as goodness -- tenderness -- friendliness -- or generous.??''Kindness is love in shoe leather.''?I Corinthians 13:4 - ''Love is kind...''??Kindness is love in practical and personal ways.??II. THE WHY OF KINDNESS??Let me give you three reasons why we ought to be kind.??1. God has been kind to us.??Titus 3:4-5 - ''But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;''??Do you know what the Bible calls the coming of Jesus into the world? God's kindness toward us.??Ephesians 4:32 - ''And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.''??2. The world needs to see your kindness.??People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.??God is love and love is kind. If you ha ...
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