Compassion VS Indifference

Compassion in the home includes:

·    Realizing each other’s needs for love and attention, and planning outings and activities to meet those needs.

·    Sensing each other’s need for respect and listening to ideas with an open mind.

·    Seeking to understand another’s struggles from his or her viewpoint and experiences.

·    Being willing to give up activities that could disappoint and hurt one another.

Rewards of Compassion:

·    Favour: A person who diligently seeks the good of another will receive approval and favor of those who observe their unselfish actions.

·    Friendship: Becoming involved in the life of another brings a deeper level of intimacy and friendship.

I will:

·         Stop to help.

·         Listen when other want to talk.

·         Give of my resources to help those in need.

·         Look for lasting solutions.

·         Comfort others without regard to race, gender, faith, age, or nationality.

49 Characters: 37. Punctuality Vs Tardiness (continue from last week)

Punctuality is demonstrating the worth of people and time by arriving for appointments before they begin.

· Punctuality is respecting the time of others. My five-minute delay means that each one waiting for me loses five minutes of irreplaceable time.

· Organizing our lives and surroundings so that we can be on time.

Personal Evaluation: How punctual are you toward others?

· Do you arrive punctually for mealtimes and other family gatherings?

· Do you arrive early at your place of employment?

· Do you keep appointments that you make with others?

· Do you promptly pay your bills?

· Do you write thank-you letters and notes in a timely fashion?

· Do you punctually return books and other items that you borrow?

· Do you fulfill the promises you have made to others?

49 Characters: Punctuality Vs Tardiness

49 Characters:

37. Punctuality Vs Tardiness

Punctuality is demonstrating the worth of people and time by arriving for appointments before they begin.

· Punctuality is respecting the time of others. My five-minute delay means that each one waiting for me loses five minutes of irreplaceable time.

· Organizing our lives and surroundings so that we can be on time.

Personal Evaluation: How punctual are you toward God?

· Do you meet God punctually each morning for prayer and reading scripture?

· Do you go to bed early so that you can get up early?

· Do you arrive for church early so that you are ready at the appointed time?

· Do you tithe punctually?

· Do you quickly do all you can to meet a need that God brings to your attention?

· Do you seize opportunities to share the Gospel as God directs you?

49 Characters: 32. Meekness Vs Anger

Meekness is yielding our rights to God so He can demonstrate His peace and power through us.

Personal Evaluation : How meek are you ?

· Have you dedicated yourself to God and yielded all your right to Him?

· Do you have full confidence that God controls all that happens to you?

· Is it your goal to become more like the Lord Jesus Christ?

· Have you received and responded to the good tidings of the Gospel?

· Do others praise you for a meek and quiet spirit, or do they react to an angry spirit?

· Do people resist your advice or counsel when you try to help them?

· Do you speak evil of those in positions of leadership?

· Do people ask you why you are so peaceful when serious adversities come into our life?

· Have you exchanged your burdens for the yoke of Christ?

· When you do good works and are praised for them, do you deflect the honor to others who helped you?

49 Characters: Joyfulness Vs Self-pity

29. Joyfulness Vs Self-pity

• Joy is proof to the world that God can fully satisfy the human heart.
• For the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10
• Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God. William Vander Hoven

Personal Evaluation : How joyful are you?
• Do people see a bright countenance when they look at you?
• Do you cry out to God whenever you are faced with a difficult situation?
• Do you cry out to God and experience His working in response to your crying out?
• Do you joyfully share these experiences with everyone you can?
• Do you use the names of God in your prayers? When crying out?
• Do you enjoy times of rich, wholehearted fellowship with the Lord?
• Do you memorize rehemas from scripture?
• Do you thank god for every trial you experience?
• Are you discipling others in their spiritual growth?
• Do you put your whole heart and mind into the jobs you are given?

49 Characters: Initiative Vs Idleness

28. Initiative Vs Idleness

Initiative is acting on the rhemas that God gives to us in His Word.

· Initiative is carrying out the will of God by being in tune with the heart of God.

Personal Evaluation: How much initiative do you have?

· Do you show initiative by rising early in the morning and seeking the Lord?

· Do you take initiative to seek direction for your life in God’s word?

· Do you show initiative by memorizing and meditating on scripture?

· Do you show initiative by asking forgiveness and being reconciled with your enemies?

· Do you display initiative by building and using a prayer list?

· Do you take initiative in setting aside times for fasting?

· Do you take initiative to honor the Lord’s Day?

· Do you participate in other initiatives to do good works?

· Do you take initiative in sharing the gospel with others?

· Do you exemplify initiative by keeping your home and car in good repair?

· Do you take initiative to search out the fatherless and the widows in your church and neighborhood and discover their needs?

· Do you exercise initiative in learning how to write down the truths that God is teaching you?