Category: A Faith in Process

Blessed are those who mourn,for they will be comforted.Matthew 5:4-5 NIV *** MOURNING, in addition to anguish in response to personal loss, includes broken heartedness over our failures and disobedience, sorrow over the state of the world, and deep grief over sin and its effects. Our comfort in all this sorrow is knowing that our…

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 5:3 NIV *** Everyone can start here; it isn’t first blessed are the pure or the holy or the spiritual or the wonderful. Everyone can be poor in spirit. “Not what I have, but what I have not, is the first point of contact, between…

Through me, let there be kind words, a warm smile, a caring heart. Through me, let there be a willingness to listen and a readiness to understand. Through me, let there be dependability, steadfastness, trust and loyalty. Through me, let there be compassion, forgiveness, mercy and love. Through me, let there be every quality I…

Pray. I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity.This is good and pleases God…

Kindness, at its core, is seeing others as God sees them, not in judgment but in love; seeing as our Father sees when He looks at each one of us. *** You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.Bill Hybels *** We all want to be seen ……

We are children of the King. Kindness should not be a once-a-year thing. Kindness should be our default setting. *** He has showed you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8 Revised Standard Version *** *** Unexpected kindness…

Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.Brad Montague *** Random Acts of Kindness Day, observed on February 17 each year, encourages people to perform unsolicited good deeds, like complimenting someone, helping a neighbor, or volunteering at a local charity. The goal is to make the world a better place through simple gestures and acts of…

The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving.  That’s what God did.  At the loss of His Son’s life to the totally underserving, God gave the best gift – the display of the glory of Christ who is the image…

O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive,so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.Psalm 86:5 NLT *** “There is a tremendous relief in knowing that [God’s] love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery…