Heaven’s Daily Bread with Bolatito Praise

TOPIC: SHARPEN YOUR SWORD THROUGH KINDNESS

TEXT: Psalms 119:76 “Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Memory Verse: Proverbs 19:22 “The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

FOCUS:
We are going to be looking at another virtue that we can use to sharpen our sword ,it is called kindness. we will look at it from two perspectives.

What is Kindness? It’s coming from two words; It means the quality of being friendly, generous, considerate; you are kind; you are nice. So it is Kind-nice. You are friendly; you are nice to people; you are generous; you are considerate. That is what kindness is all about. .

God does not want us to live a life that does not glorify him by destroying our good nature that is kind. Sometimes you find out that people are hostile to one another but God wants us to be nice to people. . You are not just kind, you are pleasant. . Don’t forget that God is set to change your nature because that sword in your hands is not only for destruction; you can also be kind and be nice with it.

LESSON:
Titus 3:4 “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,”

We are looking at kindness as a means of sharpening our sword and like I said earlier on, that when you are with a sword even though the sword is an instrument of defense or instrument of judgment you must be kind and you must be nice with it. And that is why Titus 3:4 told us that “But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,” it appeared because you have to handle your sword with all caution. You don’t take a sword in your hands and abuse it by using it wrongly.

God does not expect you to be aggressive in nature with it. God expects you to find out the truth about every matter before you bring judgement into it. That is why the Bible said you must be kind and nice to people. If this is not in place, abuse is inevitable! You must get to a point where you know that you that God can even forgive your enemy and before you begin to use your sword, you have already done your findings and know that yes, on this matter I am justified. So that is how it goes.

God is mindful of us but we must take precautions. What is life to someone that is wicked? It’s not going to be kind, it’s not going to be nice; it’s going to be wicked, it’s going to be cruel and that is why you see when men begin to treat people like animals, you just simply know that they’re not kind and they’re not nice. But when you treat people with dignity, then it shows that you are kind hearted.

God expect us as His children to be kindhearted and not to be hostile. To be merciful; to be gracious to people; to be forgiving; to be loving! God bless you in the name of Jesus as you sharpen your sword to kindness. Amen.

PERSONAL CONFESSION: I receive grace to show kindness not only to my relatives but to the world at large.

PRAYER FOCUS: Father deliver me from evil mind set in that name of Jesus christ.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Be ye kind to one another

Kindness brings togetherness.