Put on … good speech (continued)

• Keep your goal in mind: positive change

  • Colossians 4:5-6

  • Ephesians 4:29

  • Our goal is to edify others.

  • II Corinthians 2:4; 7:8-9 – Helpful words sometimes hurt at first.

  • Proverbs 25:12; Ecclesiastes 12:11 – A wise person should present themselves in a wise way that the listener will be likely to respond well to. The listener should be patient and look for good wisdom in what the other is saying. Compare the message to the Bible!

Put on … kindness

• Introduction

  • Ephesians 4:31-32; Colossians 3:8, 12-13

• Kindness is a decision, not just a reaction.

  • Luke 6:31 – Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

  • Luke 6:32-35 – We should be kind because that’s how we decide to be. God is kind to us because that’s how He decides to be. God is not reacting with kindness because we were kind to Him first!

  • II Timothy 2:24-25

• Kindness identifies me as a child of God.

  • Kindness originates with God.

    • I John 4:8

    • I Corinthians 13:4

    • Ephesians 2:4-7; Psalm 136

  • Luke 6:35

  • II Corinthians 6:3-6 – “commending ourselves as servants of God”

  • Galatians 3:22-23 – Kindness is one part of the fruit of the spirit.

• Kindness brings people closer to God.

  • Romans 2:4 – The kindness of God leads us to repentance.

  • Proverbs 31:26 – This kind of woman gives her family a spiritual boost.

  • II Chronicles 10:7

  • Acts 9:36-42 – Tabitha’s kindness made a profound impact on others! Would her words not have had a great impact on people because of her kindness? (Proverbs 3:3-4)

  • God loves us! Our job is to reflect that love to the world. Part of how we do that is kindness.