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Last week, we talked about kindness. Who doesn’t

Last week, we talked about kindness. Who doesn’t want to be a kind person, right? Yet, when we look to Scripture, we see that kindness is listed as a fruit of the Spirit. This simple fact tells us a few things:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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True kindness--biblical kindness--is a spiritual fruit that only the Spirit can grow in us.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Which means, if we want to extend this kindness, we need to first experience the kindness of God ourselves.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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There is no other way around it! Kindness can seem like a simple concept to understand, but as we talked through it in this conversation, we realized that it’s so much more! Before tomorrow’s new episode drops, go back and listen to Episode 137 “True Kindness: Beyond Being Nice” wherever podcasts are streamed or on our website (link in bio)!

This week on the podcast, we talked about an often

This week on the podcast, we talked about an often overlooked fruit of the Spirit: kindness. We talked about how true kindness is a fruit of the SPIRIT, not mankind, which means we can’t grow it apart from the Lord. This is true of any spiritual fruit, and it’s true of growing in godliness, too. Any good thing that we produce is the Lord’s work, which means we need to abide in Him.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We talked about what it means to “abide” in God with @kristinschmucker way back on Episode 73 “What Does It Mean to ‘Abide’?”. Go back and listen to that sweet conversation! You can find it wherever podcasts are streamed or on our website (link in bio).

The gospel is the perfect picture of true kindness

The gospel is the perfect picture of true kindness.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Jesus came because of God’s covenant faithfulness (hesed) to His people.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Jesus came because of His steadfast love (hesed).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Jesus came to extend mercy (hesed) and grace.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Gospel: Jesus came to make a way for us to be reconciled to God forever.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
What kindness (hesed) is this! This kindness changes us.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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When we are transformed by the Spirit and He produces the fruit of kindness in us, we are able to share the gospel with those to whom we extend kindness. How incredible!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We talk more about this in this week’s episode. Listen to Episode 137 “True Kindness: Beyond Being Nice” wherever podcasts are streamed or on our website (link in bio). Tag a friend to share this episode!

There are plenty of nice people in this world. We

There are plenty of nice people in this world. We know many of them, and we know that not all of them are Christians. They profess no adherence to any religion, but they value being kind. We see t-shirts that say “be kind”; we see our culture encourage parents to “raise kind humans”. Is there a difference between this kindness and the kindness listed as a fruit of the Spirit in the Bible?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Yes, there is! True kindness--biblical kindness--is so much more than being nice. It’s an aspect of encountering Jesus. When we encounter Jesus, we are changed because we experience His kindness (hesed). When we’re saved, we have the Spirit of God dwelling inside of us, transforming us, little by little, into the image of Jesus. Biblical kindness is part of this transformation. Kindness is a fruit of being transformed by God.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For more on this topic, listen to Episode 137 “True Kindness: Beyond Being Nice” wherever podcasts are streamed or on our website (link in bio). Tag a friend to share this episode!

This week’s episode was on kindness. We dug a li

This week’s episode was on kindness. We dug a little deeper into this particular fruit of the Spirit, and guess what? So much more could be said! Here are some resources to help you continue digging:

By Faith--this is a study on the book of Galatians. The fruit of the Spirit is a small part of this particular book of the Bible. It’s one of our newer studies and written by @glennadmarshall (!!)
Fruit of the Spirit--we actually have an entire study on the fruit of the Spirit!
Preaching the Gospel to Yourself Study--we talked about how the gospel is the perfect picture of kindness, and we can’t extend this kindness to others if we haven’t experienced the kindness of God ourselves first!

These studies can be found @dailygraceco (link in our bio). We also wanted to point you to the new jewelry line. There are beautiful pieces that can remind you to abide and ones that have the Hebrew word “hesed” engraved!

If you haven’t yet, you can listen to Episode 137 “True Kindness: Beyond Being Nice” wherever podcasts are streamed or on our website (link in bio).

Many of us are familiar with the fruit of the Spir

Many of us are familiar with the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). We’ve heard sermons about how followers of Jesus should be marked by these characteristics. And let’s be real. Which one of us doesn’t want to embody more of each of these things?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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More patience? Yes!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
More self-control? Need it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
More gentleness? Absolutely.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
More faithfulness? Sign us up.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We pray for these things. We listen to podcasts and sermons on these topics because we desire to grow in these areas. But what about kindness? When it comes to this particular fruit of Spirit, many of us find that we simplify it to this: just be nice. Be a nice person. Be kind! It’s become this simple, trendy phrase. Yet, is that all there is to it?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We have to remember that true kindness is a fruit of the Spirit, which means, we actually need God to grow it in and out of us. This means that there has to be more to biblical kindness than just being nice. It’s not less than being nice, of course, but it’s so much more.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To dig deeper, listen to this week’s conversation on this topic. You can find Episode 137 “True Kindness: Beyond Being Nice” wherever podcasts are streamed or on our website (link in bio). Tag a friend to share this episode!