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The Power of Kindness

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Introduction
  • Our faith can’t just be a sideshow or a hobby.
  • Your faith should make you different!
    • Kindness
    • Being helpful and supportive
    • Acting out of sympathy
    • Voluntarily answering a need
    • Being gentle and forbearing
    • Usually not a big sacrifice
      • Examples of kindness
      • Drawing water for a stranger – Genesis 24:18
      • Ruth taking care of Naomi – Ruth 3:10
      • Recovery of Saul’s body – II Samuel 2:6
      • Anointing Jesus – Matthew 26:10
      • Helping shipwreck victims – Acts 28:2
        • The power of kindness
        • Kindness is an attribute of God
          • Psalm 100:5
          • It is the example of Christ
            • Christ had all power on earth (Acts 10:38) and He used it to show kindness.
            • We are called to embrace it
              • Deuteronomy 22:1-2
              • Proverbs 19:22; 31:26
              • Isaiah 58:6-7
              • Micah 6:8
              • Luke 3:11
              • Acts 9:36
              • Galatians 5:22-23
              • It has the power to effect good
                • What does kindness do?
                • It draws people together
                • It engenders good will
                • It shows the better way
                • It defeats malice
                • It draws us closer to God
                • Matthew 5:16; Romans 12:21; Luke 6:35
                  • Conclusion
                  • Showing kindness to others is central to our faith.
                  • It bears all the blessings, power, and goodness of God’s spirit.
                  • It is how we exercise His power.
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