Nov 20, 202 … Always Humble and Kind

Berry Patch Devotions in 2020 - Day 325 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Tim McGraw singing … Humble and Kind … poignantly singing of how we all need to do all we can the remain humble and kind in helping others.  

Albert Einstein (L) and Hendrik Lorentz [R}

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Highlight Passage:  Ephesian 4:32 [ESV] ... 

32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.  

…   As disciples of Christ Paul declared we are to be kind to one another.   

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Highlight Passage [Context]: …  Ephesians 4:26-32 [ESV] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul strongly charging fellow Christians to be gentle and kind as was Jesus. 

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Reference Passage</u>: …  Matthew 11:29 …  [ESV] … 

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  

…  Jesus actually describes Himself as humble and gentle.  So shouldn’t we try to be like Him? 

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 5:17-21 …  [ESV] … USE THIS LINK ... 

…  Again Paul shows that we Christians are to be ambassadors of Christlike reconciliation. 

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 2:3-7 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Repetitively Paul exhorts fellow Christians to be humble and gentle in helping others.   

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Raybon AT THIS LINK tells of the famous scientist, Albert Einstein, citing a fellow scientist, Hendrik Lorentz [see photo] at his friend’s funeral, for Lorentz’s “never-failing kindness,” … telling others of how his friend and brilliant colleague would always be helpful, especially when there were arguments over scientific theories.   

And that was the constant and repeated refrain of the Apostle Paul (see Pauline passages above), who regaled fellow Christians to live out the attitude of our Lord, Who ALWAYS was as Tim McGraw sings in the linked song … “humble and kind.”  

So, I pray that we meditate on the Scriptures above and then go out and do <u>ALL WE CAN</u> today to exhibit a Christlike attitude of kindness and helpfulness as we deal with others in this hostile and troubled world.  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for being our model of humility and kindness.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray that all reading here will join me today to be as Christ ALWAYS was … humble and kind.    … Amen

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