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Old 07-28-2009, 06:39 PM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

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But what does it look like? Examples?

What kind of things do you, or others, do that demonstrate this?

I know I've seen it, but I have trouble defining this kind of love. And I'll flat out admit I haven't seen it often. It seems to be elusive.
I'll tell you some of the ways we do it at the Hamilton Dream Center where I have been going to church for the past 3-4 years.
Our web site is http://www.hamiltondreamcenter.org

This is from our web site and is a a brief summary of who we are:

Mission Statement:

To restore dreams & fill people with hope.

Our Beliefs:

The Hamilton Dream Center is committed to the powerful reality of God's love by fulfilling the "Greatest Commission" command by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our statements of fundamental truth are established from the Word of God. We are called to faith into the atoning blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Core Values:

* That all would come to know Jesus Christ and be Saved. (2 Peter 3:9)
* To follow the Matthew 25 principle: To care for our brothers and sisters.
o If they are hungry, feed them; body, soul and spirit.
o If they are thirsty, quench that thirst; body mind and spirit.
o If they are a stranger, take them in; be they a visitor, hurting, needy or lost.
o If they are naked, clothe them.
o If they are sick, visit them member or non member.
o If they are in prison, come to any need through visitation or correspondence.
* Teach all to live a Godly life for Christ walking worthy of the vocation in which we are called. (Ephesians 4:1)


Things we have done lately:
-provide back packs and school supplies to several hundred children each year
-provide coats to children each fall. Some of those children have shown up at church with their coats dirty so someone washes and dries them for them while service is going on
-we've given out turkeys and bags of groceries for Thanksgiving
-On Wednesday nights we have about 100 children that are fed supper and then are ministered to in Super Kidz Church
-We have had a youth camp for one week during the summer with games, activities, plus some have gotten saved. The cost is about $100 per child and those who cannot afford it have been sponsored by some of us.
-we serve breakfast on Sunday mornings before the service
-we wrap and give out Christmas gifts to needy people base on their "wish list."
-We give out food and clothing and furniture as we can
-our pastor is called by local funeral homes to perform funerals for people who have no church
-our pastor visits and preaches at a local youth detention center
-One year we gave out smoke detectors and batteries
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Old 07-28-2009, 06:42 PM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

as a P.S. to my last post

If you've gone to our web site and looked at some of the pictures you may have noticed that we do not dress according to what call "holiness standards" but we do try to be like Jesus to those with whom we come in contact.
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Old 07-28-2009, 07:45 PM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

Sometimes you just have to let it go... hard for me sometimes. But letting that one go.
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Old 07-28-2009, 08:34 PM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

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While some are red-faced insistent on their fabricated laws, why don't we revisit the laws that have dozens of witnesses in scripture, and are explicit. I need to remind myself of this as well, as we debate issues, that we are seasoning our conversatin with salt, making it more palatable.

Ephesians 2:7 Be Kind one to another

Colassians 3:12 Put on kindness

Mat 22:39/Mark 12:31 Love your neighbor as yourself

Luke 6:35 Love your enemies

John 13 Love one another as I have loved you

John 14 Men will know you are disciples by your love

John 15 Commandment to love

Romans 13 He that loves fulfills the Law

2 Peter 1:7 godliness to brotherly kindness

Galatians 5 Fruit of the Spirit is love

Ephesians 4:15 Speak truth in love


Prov 31:26 Law of Kindness in her mouth

2 Cor 6
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way:by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments,riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;
Thanks GP. I'm on your bandwagon!!
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Old 07-28-2009, 08:57 PM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

An old chorus from the 50's:

It's the kindness I've done that makes me happy
It's the sorrow I've caused that makes me sad
And it's largely up to me
How happy I can be
For I cannot wear a smile and wear a frown
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Old 07-28-2009, 09:12 PM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

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Sometimes you just have to let it go... hard for me sometimes. But letting that one go.
One thing I've learned in 11 years involved in online forums... Saying you're letting it go, instead of just letting it go, tends to cause problems. Not sure if that's your intention, actually giving you the benefit of the doubt here, but thought you might want to know that's the likely outcome of comments like this. I noticed several comments like this from you today and got to thinking that maybe you're not aware of how these things can come across. Written communication can be quite different from verbal communication. Lacking the body language and facial expressions, some phrases that are perfectly innocent when spoken take on another nature when written/typed. Stating that you're letting it go is definitely one of those.

But, then online communication being what it is. If you hang out long enough and use these sort of things long enough without getting involved in a ruckus that might follow...we'll eventually figure out it's just one of your things. There are reasons why people study internet communication/relationships..they're fascinating!
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One thing I've learned in 11 years involved in online forums... Saying you're letting it go, instead of just letting it go, tends to cause problems. Not sure if that's your intention, actually giving you the benefit of the doubt here, but thought you might want to know that's the likely outcome of comments like this. I noticed several comments like this from you today and got to thinking that maybe you're not aware of how these things can come across. Written communication can be quite different from verbal communication. Lacking the body language and facial expressions, some phrases that are perfectly innocent when spoken take on another nature when written/typed. Stating that you're letting it go is definitely one of those.

But, then online communication being what it is. If you hang out long enough and use these sort of things long enough without getting involved in a ruckus that might follow...we'll eventually figure out it's just one of your things. There are reasons why people study internet communication/relationships..they're fascinating!
Gotcha.
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Old 07-29-2009, 08:12 AM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

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I agree completely! I only hope this is the result of some introspection on your part. Often we confess that of which we are convicted. I have followed your postings, as I do many, and a little more caution and courtesy to others might be something for all of us to consider.

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Old 07-29-2009, 09:44 AM
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

Gospel of Kindness???? Sounds kinda.... well, Christian, to me.

"No law, but love.
No creed, but Christ.
No book, but the Bible."

I read that somewhere years ago and it stuck. Our love for God is expressed thru our love for one another. (Jesus said so).
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Re: Gospel of Kindness

Love is a fruit of the spirit,and if one is full of The Holy Spirit the fruit of the spirit should be manifest in the life of the believer.
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