{"id":4717,"date":"2021-11-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:48:00","slug":"how-gods-kindness-will-make-you-find-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/how-gods-kindness-will-make-you-find-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"How God’s Kindness Will Make You Find Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Ezekiel 21-22 GW<\/a>; Psalms 5 GW<\/a>; 1 Timothy 1 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul recognizes God\u2019s kindness in his life.  Once a persecutor of Christians, Paul now has new life in Christ.  Paul stoned and killed people for the sake of the law, yet one day, while walking to Damascus<\/a>, God intervened. Forgiving Paul, God changed his world with one interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forgiveness is God\u2019s kindness.  Whatever you\u2019re beating yourself up for today, God forgave you.  When we place our trust in Christ, we receive unconditional love and forgiveness.  In God\u2019s sovereignty, He knows our sins.   Thankfully, I\u2019ve not killed nor stoned anyone, but I have committed sins that I find hard to forgive.  I know all the skeletons in my closet, and some of them seem unforgivable from my perspective.  But they are not from God\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s mercy never ends.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding God forgives you is His kindness.  We must have faith to receive God\u2019s mercy.  All God wants is for us to believe and accept the grace He offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My husband shows me grace constantly.  Recently, we had a miscommunication.  I misunderstood something he said; his communication wasn\u2019t clear.  Both of us were at fault, but more me than him.  During our fight, I said words I regret.  But he forgives me, not holding them against me.  His act of grace causes me to love him more.  Ron doesn\u2019t bring up our past arguments; once over, he lets them go.  Because of Ron\u2019s grace for me, I\u2019m learning to have more grace for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s grace is kindness.  When God says He forgives, He does so entirely.  What you deem unforgivable, God forgives.  If we\u2019re to start fresh every morning, then we need to receive God\u2019s mercies anew.  God wipes the slate clean; we get a chance to fill it with different choices.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receiving God\u2019s kindness is genuine.  Grace is a free gift offered to us.  Nothing we do can earn God\u2019s mercy.  God\u2019s kindness leads to faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for Your kindness towards us.  Forgive us for not accepting the gifts You offer.  Help us accept Your grace and mercy today.  As we receive Your kindness, help it build our faith.  Let us share what we receive with all we meet.  Help us shine Your light brightly today.  IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you receive God\u2019s kindness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Ezekiel 21-22 GW; Psalms 5 GW; 1 Timothy 1 GW God is kind. Paul recognizes God\u2019s kindness in his life.  Once a persecutor of Christians, Paul now has new life in Christ.  Paul stoned and killed people for the sake of the law, yet one day, while walking to Damascus,… Continue reading How God’s Kindness Will Make You Find Faith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4816,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions\/4816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}