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I just love God’s Word. It tells you qualities most admirable to possess. 11 Qualities To Have. #1 – Humility – the hallmark of Jesus. The beginning of wisdom, the requirement of obedience (the most important habit of all – this is love for God), and the prerequisite for God to exalt you – Humility. Humility is submitting to God, accepting His Word as truth, surrendering to His plan for your life, transforming your mind with His Word, and considering others more important than yourself. See the PRISM Topic – Humility, Humble, and How To Be Humble, and How To Treat People. His Word is powerful! Get it in you and it will change you! What you speak into your heart, becomes the overflow of it. Humility is the beginning. Start Here! #2 – Diligence – the precious possession of a man (male or female) is diligence. Do you have it? What is diligence? Speed and Incisiveness. Speed – urgency and continued effort, and Incisiveness – separating between the superficial and the real (measure twice, cut once). Diligence isn’t just working hard, it’s effort and consistency in that which is most important – that God tells you to do, not what you want to do. That’s what brings fruit that will last, significance not superfluous, and a deep satisfaction that increases your joy. See the PRISM Topic – Diligent. The number three quality to have… #3 – Kindness – it is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance. (Romans 2:4) Kindness to others is so rare. Many people are polite, nice, reciprocal, but not kind. Kindness is a deep sense of desire to benefit others. It delights in contributing to the happiness of others. It initiates, it’s proactive not reactive. It doesn’t depend on externals – it comes from inside you – from the Spirit of God. Be kind to one another – most people want others to be kind to them. See the PRISM Topic – Kindness. Let God grow you – in what characterizes Him! #4 – Unoffendability – Overlook offense, not take offense. See the best, believe the best, be quick to forgive – knowing that Christ forgave you. Proverbs 19:11 - A man’s wisdom gives him patience, it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense. Matt 6:14-15 – For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your sins. Mark 11:25 – And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. The greatest danger of being wronged, is not what happened to you, but your response to it. Will you forgive? How will you respond when they eventually ask you to forgive them? Why not forgive now? Don’t hold anything against anyone – what you hold on to – keeps you from getting anything else. Holding on to offense – hurts you not them, they’re oblivious. The devil wants that root of bitterness to grow in you and defile many. Don’t give the devil a foothold, overlook this offense, be ready to overlook the next one that comes – and it will. Forgive already – decide beforehand that you will. So when they ask, you will respond graciously. And if they never ask, it doesn’t matter - you’ve let it go a long time ago! #5 – Benevolence – Magnanimity – A heart of giving. Givers never run out. God makes sure of it. Always give more than you receive. It is the key to God’s perpetual blessing in your life. The opposite of greed, a heart of giving, the grace of giving is the heart of God for his people, and his heart for the lost. See the Relationship Topic – 11 Things You Need To Know About Giving. #6 – Loyalty – defending and supporting those you love, and those you have relationship with. Quick to stay with someone, not quick to jump ship. Not believing what looks bad, believing the best, finding out where you can help, not why you should reject. Not using people for what they can give you, sticking with them through thick and thin. Imperfect is what people are. Loyalty honors those who have helped you. Disloyalty is quick to forget, dishonor and dismiss. There is no more loyal friend than Jesus. Every one of the disciples deserted him, but his loyalty to them, didn’t depend on their treatment of Him, or what someone else said about them. Faithful friends are loyal, no matter what. Doesn’t mean you accept wrongdoing in someone else. Sometimes love is confronting in love. But you stand with them to encourage and help them do what is right. #8 – Humor – humor is more what you think is funny, than the ability to make people laugh. Humor is not taking yourself too seriously, seeing humor in everyday things to lighten the mood, and lighten the load. Self-depricating humor makes you relatable – it’s humility that draws others. Willing to laugh at yourself, declining to laugh at others, only at what’s funny, not cruel. Humor is quick to smile, quick to laugh, quick to enjoy life, and see the best, quick to be thankful. #9 – Honesty – telling the truth, even if it hurts, or is disadvantageous to you. Not shading the truth for gain or obscuring it to avoid loss. Dealing justly, using honest scales, not taking advantage of others, seeking a win-win, over a win for you. Preferring loss over compromised integrity. God is a God of truth, there is no falsehood in him. See the Relationship Topic - Honesty – the power of God’s Word. It will compel you. #10 – Curiosity – A heart to search out truth, gain knowledge, reject deception. Curiosity is a heart to gain knowledge and wisdom. Not gullible, always learning, seeking truth and answers – seeking God first, and information that is available even if not readily. Putting in the effort to increase your knowledge and understanding of things you have yet to discover, truth you have yet to uncover, skills you have yet to acquire. Curiosity leads you somewhere. It’s one way God leads you in wisdom and in the plans He has for you. #11 – Hope. A positive outlook in every circumstance of life, words that build up, and never tear down – yourself or others. God’s Word of truth for faith and belief. Seeing the good in people, helping them see the hope available to them. The hope that Jesus gives, and the promise of His Word that makes it sure. See the PRISM - Topic Hope. Praying that you will pursue these Godly qualities – and others God reveals. The qualities you acquire add up over time. The more you grow them, the more you can respond with grace. The more Godly qualities you gain, the more you reflect the God who loves you, so He can love others through you. Love you all, dad
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