September 7, 2023 … God’s Redeeming Kindness …

September 7, 2023 …  God’s Redeeming  Kindness …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman singing … Kindness … poignantly singing of how can - AND SHOULD - change the world with Christlike acts of mercy and kindness.  

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Highlight Passage: … Ruth 2:20 [NLT] … 

20 “May the Lord bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband.That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.”    

… God’s redemptive kindness is seen thru the kindness of Boaz to Ruth.      

               

Highlight Passage (Context): … Ruth 2:5-12, 20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… Boaz reveals God’s loving kindness by being Ruth’s redeemer in the wheat fields.                   

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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, shows what He demands of His faithful believers.   

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 the kindness of spirit God shows even to the wicked.   

Reference Passage: … Romans 11:22 [NLT] …  

22 Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe toward those who disobeyed, but kind to you if you continue to trust in His kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off..  

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians (and us) teaches how God shows His kindness and mercy to those who trust God and show kindness to others as He does for His faithful followers. 

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

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

… Paul also exhorts fellow Christians to show kindness to one another just as the Lord has shown His mercy and kindness to mankind.    

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:12 [NLT] …  

12 Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.  

… God, thru Paul, charges God’s chosen and saved people to clothe themselves (ourselves) in Christlike traits of love and grace.   

                                                                                                                                        

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Alyson Kieda   … AT THIS LINK …  related a story about Valerie, who experienced a miscarriage and was shown caring kindness from a craftsmen friend, who bought her crib at Valerie’s garage sale and turned it into a beautiful bench to honor Valerie’s lost child, . to which Valerie said, “There are good people out there, and here’s proof,”        

Personally, i think Aesop was right in his quote (See photo)! … Do you agree?  I think that because it’s truth is born out in the song sung by Steven Curtis Chapman and in all of the Scriptures shared above.  So, perhaps you’ll join me with a hearty  “HALLELUJAH,” praising our God for showing us His ultimate kindness thru Jesus’s sacrifice to save those who believe our Lord and follow in His charge to be kind to EVERYONE.  

What can we do today to shine His light of kindness to someone?         

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your ultimate kindness in reaching out to save me.   

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to share some act of kindness to someone else today.   … Amen

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