"Showing Kindness"
/in Steadfast Hope“Love is kind” (1 Cor. 13:4). Kindness repays evil with good. Two men going opposite directions on a narrow mountain trail met each other head on. With a steep cliff on one side and sheer rock on the other, they were unable to pass. The harder they tried to squeeze past one another the more […]
"Winning Through Non-Retaliation"
/in Steadfast Hope“Love is patient” (1 Cor. 13:4). Love does not retaliate. We usually think of patience as the ability to wait or endure without complaint—whether it’s with people or circumstances. But the Greek word translated “patience” in 1 Corinthians 13:4 refers specifically to patience with people. It literally means “to be long tempered,” and speaks of […]
Hunger For Him
/in Steadfast Hope“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” — Matt5:6 People who hunger for approval from others or even fame and fortune will never be satisfied. But those who hunger and thirst for the good things God has, shall be filled. Notice which comes first; it is appetite then […]
