May-June 2006  Syllabus  Introduction & Lesson 1 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8

Kindness

   Lesson 2  

The word for kindness in the Greek is Chrestotes: serviceable, good, pleasant, gracious, kind, goodness of heart*

Favorite Example Of Kindness

1.What is your favorite example of kindness in the whole Bible?

God's Children Are Kind

2. Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is ________. and full of _____________, and righteous. (Ps.112:4)

3. Be ______________ affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. (Rom. 12:10)

4. And be _________ to one another, _____________, ______________ one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Eph.4:32)

5. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on __________ ________ , ____________ , _______________ , _______________ , _____________
_________; bearing with one another, and ___________ one another, if anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (Col.3:12)

6. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly _________, and to brotherly _________, love. For if these things are yours and _________, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Pet.1:5-8)

God Is Kind

7. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful ___________ is _______ toward us, And the truth of the Lord endureth forever. (Ps.117)

8. "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is ________ to the __________ and _________. "Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is ___________. (Luke 6:35-36)

9. Let, I pray, Your merciful __________ be my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant. Let Your tender ________ come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight. (Ps. 119:76-77)

Christ Was Kind While He Lived On Earth

10. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was _______, yet for your sakes He became ________, that you through His __________ might become _________. (II Cor. 8:9)

11. Take My yoke upon you and _______ from Me, for I am _________ and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matt.11:29)

12. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to ________ the disciples' feet and to _______ them with the towel with which He was girded. (John 13:5)

13. When Jesus therefore saw His __________, and the disciple whom He ________ standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!" Then He said to the disciple "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. (John 19:26-27)

14. Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He came near the gate of the city, behold a _______ man was being carried out, the ______ son of his mother; and she was a _________. And a large crowd from the city was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had ______________ on her and said to her, "Do not weep." Then He came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said "Young man, I say to you, _________." So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. (Luke 7:11-15)

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Practice The Golden Rule

Our God is kind. Our Savior demonstrated kindness to all He met while He lived on the earth. God's heart is drawn to humans who have kind hearts. The art of being kind is learned through being able to put ourselves in another's shoes. It is the knack of understanding how others feel, seeing their needs, and assisting them when we have the ability to do so. People suffer from loneliness, financial distress, sickness, bereavement from the loss of a loved one; sometimes people just need to know that we forgive them when they have offended us. (I Pet. 4:8). The list goes on and on.

Two Assignments

15. Assignment One: Write a paper on Kindness, 200 words or more. Choose from the following topics or submit your own:

The Best Example Of Kindness I Ever Saw

Be Kind To Your Husband

Be Kind To Your Children

Be Kind To The Elderly

Be Kind To Strangers

Jesus Was Kind

I Want To Be Kind Like Jesus

With your permission, I will share your papers with the class. Please add scripture when you can.

Do A Kind Deed

16. Assignment Two: Do a kind deed for someone outside of your physical family and close circle of friends. Report this assignment by simply putting, "Assignment completed" for your answer to this question. Here are some examples of the type thing you might choose to do:

Help someone who is moving pack or keep small children for someone who is moving.

Drive a senior citizen to the doctor.

Take dinner to a shut in.

Invite a newcomer (lady), who has just become a part of your congregation, to lunch.

Take dinner to a young family with small children.

Visit in your preacher’s home. Observe the decorating taste of your preacher’s wife or what she likes to collect. Buy her something that she would not or could not buy herself or take her out to lunch.

Love ....... Is Kind ........I Cor. 13:4