September 4, 2023 … Sharing God’s Kindness …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 246 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … Kindness … singing of how we Christians should focus on leaving a legacy of God’s kindness for others to see how we live our lives to reflect the kindness of our Lord.  

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Highlight Passage: … Jeremiah 52:31  [NLT] … 

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to Jehoiachin and released him from prison …  

… The Babylonian king shows kindness to the exiled king of Judah …  

               

Highlight Passage (Context): … Jeremiah 52:31-34 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… king Jehoiachin was shown kindness by the Babylonian king.                                                    

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Reference Passage: … Micah 6:8 [NLT] …  

8 No…O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what He requires of you; … to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.  

… God, thru the Prophet Micah, calls on His people to mimic the goodness and kindness of the Lord to His people.       

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:35 [NLT] …  

35 “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked.

… Jesus teaches of the kindness of God being repeated in the lives of those who live for Christ. 

Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:10 [NLT] …  

10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, … especially to those in the family of faith.  

…God, thru Paul, charges all Christians to do good and be kind to all, … but especially to fellow Christians.        

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:32 [NLT] …  

32 … be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.,  

… God, thru the Apostle Paul, charges fellow Christians to live lives - like our Lord - showing Christlike kindness to one another.    

Reference Passage: … Titus 3:4-5 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians about Christlike kindness and love.   

                                                                                                                                        

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Arthur Jackson  … AT THIS LINK …  told of the kindness shown to Kevin Ford, a fast-food worker, who had not missed a shift at work for three decades with a viral video online raising over $250,000.     

But our Lord asks even more kindness from His born-again followers, doesn’t He?  And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, we see that God wants us to imitate His loving kindness, … taking every opportunity to share with others the loving-kindness, mercy, and grace of God, which He, our Lord, has shown to us.  And that is my prayer for all of  us today!       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me opportunities to share Your kindness with others today.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to reach out and share Your kindness with others today, Lord.    … Amen

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