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Thoughtfulness, March 17
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.
Colossians 3:12
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Look to Jesus as your guide and pattern.... Study how you can be
like Him, in thoughtfulness for others, in meekness and humility. Thus
may you “grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ”;
you may reflect His image, and be accepted of Him as His own, at His
coming
When Jesus is comprehended by faith, and brought into the inner
sanctuary of the soul, the Holy Spirit will mold and fashion the character
after the likeness of Christ. Lessons will then be daily learned in the school
of Christ. The character of the tree will be known by its fruits. “By their
fruits ye shall know them.” The Christian will shine as a light amid the
moral darkness of the world. He will be tender of heart, and considerate
of the feelings of others. The Word of God instructs us to be “wise as
serpents, and harmless as doves,” and it is the duty of every Christian
to bring himself under discipline to the rules of the Bible, that he may
be “a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.” The work coming from
the hands of those who do this, will be as lasting as eternity. It will not
be mingled with a shred of selfishness, and it will not be loose, careless
work
Tender affections should ever be cherished between husband and wife,
parents and children, brothers and sisters. Every hasty word should be
checked, and there should not be even the appearance of the lack of love
one for another. It is the duty of everyone in the family to be pleasant, to
speak kindly.
Cultivate tenderness, affection, and love that have expression in little
courtesies, in speech, in thoughtful attentions
It is the inward adorning, the graces of the Spirit, the kind word, the
thoughtful consideration for others that God values
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The Youth’s Instructor, December 5, 1883
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The Youth’s Instructor, September 20, 1894
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The Adventist Home, 198
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Child Guidance, 429
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