Acts of Kindness

Acts of kindness

Bible: Acts 9:32-42

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[Tabitha] was always doing good and helping the poor (V.36).

For about ten years our friend Helen sent each person in our family a present on our birthdays. She loved God and felt led by Him to show kindness to us. Every year I really looked forward to my gift from Helen. I
felt loved, remembered and valued by God through this wonderful woman. Tabitha (who was also called Dorcas) made clothes for many poor widows, who must have felt the same way. She was a follower of Jesus living in Joppa who was well known in the community for her acts of kindness. She was “always doing good and helping the poor” (ACTS 9:36). Then she got sick and passed away. At that time Peter was visiting a nearby city, so two Christians went after him and begged him to come to Joppa. When Peter arrived, the widows showed him “the robes and other clothing that [Tabitha] had made” for them out of kindness (V.39). We don’t know if they asked him to step in but, led by the Holy Spirit, Peter prayed and God brought her back to life! The result of God’s kindness was that “this became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord” (V.42).
As we are kind to those around us, let’s pray they think of God and feel valued by Him.

BE A LIVING EXAMPLE OF GOD’S KINDNESS TODAY.

Youth Edition – Our Daily Bread Ministries