Christian kindness shows up three ways: hospitality, which means paying attention to what people need; forgiveness, which means not keeping score of wrongs; and generosity, which means giving money to ministries, people who don't deserve it, and people you love.
There's 3 ways that you can demonstrate being kind. There's hospitality. Kindness is attentive to the needs of others. So that kindness is demonstrated through hospitality. Forgiveness is one of the demonstrations. Kindness forgives like God has forgiven, not keeping a record of wrong, not holding on to it so that they can use it against you and make you owe them, but letting it go, releasing it and saying, the Lord's forgiven me of much, I'll forgive you of this. Kindness also manifests as generosity. Yes, of your finances too. Generosity to ministries, Generosity to the undeserving, generosity to your loved ones. That kindness is a demonstration that the Holy Spirit is working in you. To learn more about the fruit of the Holy Spirit, get Holy Spirit: God Within You, available right now at encounterthespirit.com.
