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The Essential Traits of Christian Character:   #5161

 

 

March 7

Daily Devotional

The Essential Traits of Christian Character: 

Compassion, Kindness, Humility, Gentleness, and Patience 

In the Christian faith, character is not merely a personal attribute but a reflection of Christ’s transformative work within believers. 

The Apostle Paul emphasizes that as God’s chosen people, Christians are called to embody virtues that mirror divine love and grace. 

Central to this is Colossians 3:12 in The Living Bible (TLB), which instructs: “Since you have been chosen by God who has given you this new kind of life, and because of his deep love and concern for you, you should practice tenderhearted mercy and kindness to others. Don’t worry about making a good impression on them, but be ready to suffer quietly and patiently.” 

This verse encapsulates all five traits, urging believers to clothe themselves in compassion (tenderhearted mercy), kindness, humility (avoiding self-promotion), gentleness (quiet suffering), and patience.

Compassion, the empathetic response to others’ suffering, is modeled after God’s own heart. In Luke 6:36-37 TLB, Jesus commands: “Try to show as much compassion as your Father does. ‘Never criticize or condemn—or it will all come back on you. Go easy on others; then they will.’”  This calls Christians to extend mercy without judgment, fostering relational healing.

Kindness, an active expression of goodwill, flows from the Holy Spirit’s fruit. Galatians 5:22-23 TLB states: “But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”  It transforms interactions, making believers agents of God’s benevolence.

Humility counters pride, prioritizing others. Philippians 2:3 TLB advises: “Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself.”  This mindset echoes Christ’s servanthood, promoting unity in the body of Christ.

Gentleness, a soft strength, tempers responses. Proverbs 15:1 TLB notes: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words cause quarrels.”  Paired with Ephesians 4:2 TLB—“Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love” —it builds endurance in relationships.

Patience endures trials faithfully. Romans 5:3-4 TLB explains: “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us.”  This virtue sustains hope amid adversity.

These traits, woven into Christian character, glorify God and witness to the world. 

By cultivating them through the Spirit, believers fulfill their calling, as 1 Timothy 6:11 TLB urges: “work instead at what is right and good, learning to trust him and love others and to be patient and gentle.”  In essence, they form the fabric of a life surrendered to Christ. 

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You may be telling yourself right now:

I WANT A NEW LIFE;

I WANT TO KNOW MY SIN IS FORGIVEN;

I WANT TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE;

I WANT TO RECEIVE HIM NOW;

I WANT TO RECOMMIT MY LIFE TO CHRIST;

I WANT TO SETTLE THIS THING;

I WANT CHRIST TONIGHT:

Please read the following to settle all of this:

HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU DIE:

How to be “Born Again”

John 3:16 makes it pretty clear: You have to Believe on Jesus Christ and you will be saved! No matter who you are! No matter what you have done wrong in your life, KNOW THAT GOD, JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT LOVES YOU!

To “Believe” upon Jesus means that:

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1.) You Believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died on the Cross at Calvary as payment for ALL of your sins, was buried in a borrowed tomb and Arose from the dead on the 3rd Day we call Easter and accept Him as your Personal Savior by Faith;

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2. You Repent of your sinful ways (Breaking God’s Laws in the 10 Commandments:

a.) Worship only God,

b.) Have no other gods before Him,

c.) Don’t use His Name in vain,

d.) Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy,

e.) Honor your Parents,

f.) Don’t kill anyone,

g.) Don’t commit adultery,

h.) Don’t Steal,

i.) Don’t lie about other people or yourself &

j.) Don’t Covet anything that is your neighbors) and try to stop sinning;

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3.) You give complete control of your life to Jesus Christ!

Doing these 3 things, you will be “Born Again” Spiritually and the Holy Spirit will enter your Soul, SEAL your position PERMANENTLY in Heaven and WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE “LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE!” Again: See Revelation Chapter 20 Verse 15 to see why that is CRITICALLY important:

“Revelation 20:15 – And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire”

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Let us Praise Him Daily!

A good way to learn to Praise God is to memorize the first 6 Verses of Psalms 148:

1 Praise the Lord, O heavens! Praise Him from the skies!

2 Praise Him, all His angels, all the armies of heaven.

3 Praise Him, sun and moon and all you twinkling stars.

4 Praise Him, skies above. Praise Him, vapors high above the clouds.

5 Let everything He has made give praise to Him. For He issued His command, and they came into being;

6 He established them forever and forever. His orders will never be revoked.

 

PLEASE read the last 6 Chapters of Psalms: 145-150 so that you will learn how to Praise God like David did!

If you don’t want to get your Bible, Here they all are, just click on each Chapter and I will read them to you:

PSALMS 145 PSALMS 146 PSALMS 147 PSALMS148 PSALMS 149 PSALMS 150

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JESUS IS:

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

THE LEADER,

THE ORIGINATOR,

THE LORD & MASTER,

THE SUPREME LEADER,

OUR HOPE,

1ST BORN FROM THE DEAD WITH AN IMMORTAL BODY TO NEVER DIE AGAIN,

THE 1ST FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION,

HE IS OUR FESTIVAL OF HOPE,

OUR PARDON,

GIVEN 1ST PLACE IN EVERYTHING,

HAS BEEN EXALTED AS SUPREME OVER EVERYTHING,

IS ENOUGH,

THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLS IN US THROUGH JESUS,

JESUS HAS BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH GOD,

HE HAS BROKERED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN GOD & MAN,

YOU WERE BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT BY ACCEPTING JESUS

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NOW,

YOU ARE BEYOND REPROACH,

JESUS WAS THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU HAD A SIN PROBLEM,

NEVER GET OVER WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU!

NOW:

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH:

TO TEACH US TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST!

AMEN!

(You might want to copy those down and memorize them!)

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DAILY BIBLE READING:

>1. Chapter for the DAY in Proverbs;

>2. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the Old Testament AND

>3. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the New Testament Daily:

Chapter 07 in Proverbs for today: (MAR 07 (MT) (ESV)

7 My son, keep my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call insight your intimate friend,
5 to keep you from the forbidden[a] woman,
    from the adulteress[b] with her smooth words.

6 For at the window of my house
    I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among the simple,
    I have perceived among the youths,
    a young man lacking sense,
8 passing along the street near her corner,
    taking the road to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
    at the time of night and darkness.

10 And behold, the woman meets him,
    dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.[c]
11 She is loud and wayward;
    her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
    and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with bold face she says to him,
14 “I had to offer sacrifices,[d]
    and today I have paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
    to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with coverings,
    colored linens from Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
    aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
    let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
    he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
    at full moon he will come home.”

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
    with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
    as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast[e]
23     till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
    he does not know that it will cost him his life.

24 And now, O sons, listen to me,
    and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
    do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
    and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew strange
  2. Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew the foreign woman
  3. Proverbs 7:10 Hebrew guarded in heart
  4. Proverbs 7:14 Hebrew peace offerings
  5. Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as a chain to discipline a fool

CHAPTER 97 IN PSALMS for today: (MAR 07 (TLZ) (ESV)

97  xThe Lord reigns, ylet the earth rejoice;

let the many zcoastlands be glad!

2  aClouds and thick darkness are all around him;

brighteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

3  cFire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around.

4  His dlightnings light up the world;

the earth sees and etrembles.

5  The mountains fmelt like gwax before the Lord,

before hthe Lord of all the earth.

6  iThe heavens proclaim his righteousness,

and all jthe peoples see his glory.

7  All worshipers of images are kput to shame,

who make their boast in lworthless idols;

mworship him, all you gods!

8  Zion hears and nis glad,

and the daughters of Judah rejoice,

because of your judgments, O Lord.

9  For you, O Lord, are omost high over all the earth;

you are exalted far above pall gods.

10  O you who love the Lord, qhate evil!

He rpreserves the lives of his ssaints;

he tdelivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11  uLight vis sown1 for the righteous,

and joy for the upright in heart.

12  wRejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,

and xgive thanks to his holy name!

Revelation 09 for today: (MAR 07 (NN) ESV)

 

9 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.[a] 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.[b]

12 The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. 17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire[c] and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:1 Greek the abyss; also verses 2, 11
  2. Revelation 9:11 Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer
  3. Revelation 9:17 Greek hyacinth

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Please Remember:

“CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS

AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD!”

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The Steps to Salvation:

> Repent: Repentance means that you are turning away from sin to turn to Christ. It does NOT mean that you will be perfect.

> Believe/Receive: Salvation is through Faith in Jesus and by the Grace of God. Believing means putting your Faith in Jesus and receiving forgiveness of sin.

>Walk in the Newness of Life: Jesus died so that we might live. We walk in the Newness of Life being Born Again by His Blood.

Additionally, if you feel you need someone to Pray for you,

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GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOVEREIGN KING
AND CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

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REVELATION CHAPTER 17

 

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