MOVING IN KINDNESS  4/24/09

WAYNE WORD:  Wayne saw a ripe tomato growing on a vine.

BOB JONES QUOTE ON THE KINDNESS – one of the fruits of the Spirit
“It was the tomato. It was big like a heart. All kind of seeds in it. Big hearted. Kindness means very generous. More than just money, it means time. Very generous in all the ways.”

UPDATE CONFIRMATION: I received a spam ad a couple days later entitled, “Nurture Kindness.”

WORD TO PONDER: THE LIBERALITY OF MY LOVING KINDNESS 10/13/06

 

I AM placing a bigger heart within the desires of My dear ones. My very nature is loving-kindness. I pour My good gifts out liberally to all and it is My earnest desire that My own ones dispense even more of the gifts that I give to them. With a bigger portion of My heart, their hearts will beat with a non stop throb to give, give, give, and give some more. They shall give of their time, their wisdom and counsel, their supporting encouragement, their energy, their tangible and spiritual gifts, their assets, all that I have given, they shall freely give.

Those who tap into this impartation will understand, know and experience My promise: The generous prosper and are satisfied; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. Their very giving will become their pool of resources, all that they need personally will come from what they share.

Ex 34:6-8 AMP
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord! the Lord! a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, Keeping mercy and loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but Who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation. And Moses made haste to bow his head toward the earth and worshiped.

Prov 11:25 NKJV
The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.

Prov 11:25 AMP
The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered. [2 Cor 9:6-10.]

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UPDATE 4/25/09 SOMEONE’S STORY from facebook

The Power of Kindness

"...be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you." (Ephesians 4:32)

Today as I was at the library I experienced the power of kindness. Feeling self pity and "in the dumps," I was caught off guard by the politeness of the library attendant who offered to put my book away as I was about to leave.

And then, after exiting the library, a man sitting just outside the facility said, "Have a good weekend." There was genuine care in his voice as he shared. Wow! Instant change. My mood shifted from darkness to light, from sadness to cheer.

As I walked toward home, a homeless lady was sitting on a bench along the street. What could I do but greet her with the same kindness that I had experienced! And who knows but that she was lifted up as well.

Earlier today I had wanted to go out and preach at the waterfront here in Baltimore. But after not finding any parking place or sensing any anointing, I returned home. What I didn't realize was that God wanted to teach me a new form of evangelism. "Kindness evangelism!"

Be kind to someone. You never know how much they need it or what a difference it will make in their life!