Kindness | Fruit of the Spirit Week 6

You ready to get into God's word today? (congregation cheering) Well, you can take out those booklets that you have for the fruit of the spirit, and those notes that you got on the way in. And across this series, we've been basing it off of one passage in Galatians chapter five, verse 22 and 23. We're gonna say this out loud. And the other, you should have this memorized by now here at Radiant Church. It says, "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Now, these aren't just like a buffet list of items that you can pick and choose. No, no, what is the fruit of the spirit? We've been walking through it. It's the character of Christ being made visible in us as we walk by the spirit. So these aren't personality traits that other people have. These are things that God deposits in us at that time, where we make that decision to be able to follow Him, that He develops in us to be an example to the world around us. And so we've talked through love and joy and patience and peace, and today I have the honor to be able to bring you week six on kindness. Kindness, now you can write that with a smile. Come on, kindness, week six.

Now, this is the fruit of the spirit that everybody thinks they already have nailed down, right? Like when you talk about love, you're like, oh, I could use a little bit more love or joy. Oh, yes, I need joy in my life. When it's peace, oh, I need more peace. When it's patience, I know I could use patience. But when it comes to kindness, everybody just marks the box. I've already got that one figured out, right? Because nobody self-identifies as a mean person, right? Nobody says, hand up, I'm a jerk. You usually say that, but the person you're sitting next to, right, like it's them that's the mean person. I'm the nice one. And what I realized in life is that we think we're already kind people because we do nice things. Like I take my grocery cart back to the little bin. I don't just leave it in the parking lot. When I go to a coffee shop and I pick up my coffee, I say thank you to the barista. I don't just walk out on my phone. And so we think we've got this thing figured out. But what I've realized in life is that niceness and kindness are two different things. It's not the same thing we correlated our minds to be, but they're not. And here's the way that I've kind of navigated this in my life. So when I was about 15 years old, what I really wanted more than anything

was a new pair of Jordan tennis shoes. Jordan forced to be exact. They were white, they were red, they were just clean. So the problem was those shoes were $250. And I was making $7 an hour sling an ice cream at Dairy Queen to be able to make ends meet. And so I want these shoes so bad, but I can't pay the $250, can't justify it in my mind. But your boy is a problem solver. And so I'm scouring the internet for these shoes. And I come across a site where they're selling them for $80. What a steal. Now, the site was mostly in Chinese. And it was going to be about eight weeks before they got to my house, but I got the deal. And so I buy these shoes. And two months later, they show up on my doorstep. And I'm telling you, you walk into school for the first time on new shoes. Like you're on the king of the castle. You walk into this thing, and you're showing them off. And they're just nice. And people are giving you compliments. And it was the best day. And then we get to about the third or fourth period. I had PE that day. And lo and behold, we're playing basketball in PE. Perfect. I'm going to be just like Mike. I got my Jordan tennis shoes on.

It's going to be awesome. And so a couple of minutes in, I go and I go to cut. And when I do, I put pressure on the shoe. And would you believe that my entire foot went right through that toe box of that shoe, completely ruining them? Like, what do you mean? They looked the part. Everybody else thought they were the real deal. I thought they were going to-- they felt like they were going to work. But when the tiniest level of pressure hit that shoe, you were able to distinguish the difference between the fake and the real thing. And I realized that in the same way with niceness and kindness is that niceness, when just a little bit of pressure hits your life, what happens? Does it just go out the window? Do you lose your cool? Are you no longer the nicest I put my shopping bin back at Publix? No, no, no. We can lose it because niceness is shallow. It's transactional. It's dependent on my mood or my attitude in the moment. But kindness, kindness draws from a different source. Kindness goes a level deeper. Kindness is a fruit of the spirit being developed by God in us. Niceness is just normal human decency. Kindness is something that has to go far deeper. And I love the way that Paul uses this word

to-- in kindness, in this passage in Galatians chapter 5. And he uses this word, craystattace. It's usefulness. It softens the rough edges, meaning It softens the rough edges because I know so many people, they feel like my personality is just my personality. I'm just kind of a harsh person. And there's a Greek scholar that speaks right to this word that Paul uses kindness that softens the rough edges. And it's just so beautiful to be able to think about. He writes it this way, "The grace that pervades the whole nature." Look at this, mellowing out all that would be harsh and austere. Now, if you're looking for a million dollar word today, austere is it, right? It's like caviar, it's fancy. And all that means is like blunt or harsh or stripped. And so many of you, that's how you use to describe your personality. And you excuse your meanness towards other people with that's just the way I am. You know, my personality is just blunt. You know, I just call them like I see them. You know, you and one of those people before. And the issue is that you're using that as an excuse when the spirit wants to mellow you out. So it takes the edge off, the sharpness off of what you say. It's when the cashier is being a little too chatty, you just want to be able to take your coffee and go, "How do you respond in those moments?" And when your kid is asking the same question, "Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, do you lose your cool? How do you respond?"

And those moments are you kind? Is it mellow? You out, does it take the harshest off? You know, there's people in your life. You've met them before that somehow they can say like the meanest thing to you, but you come across and you're like, "Man, that was helpful." That's kind the way that they said that. Anybody else that would say that, that would be harsh, but they're just have a way. And we think that's a personality trait, but it's not a personality trait. It's the work of the spirit within them to be able to make that possible. I love this because this is how Jesus uses to describe himself in Matthew chapter 11. He says, "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." It's that same word, Christat, it's the one that's saying basically that kindness when operating in a person should be able to lift the burden off of others and make their lives a little bit lighter. So the practical way that we walk in kindness is being able to see how we can serve other people to move the burdens of life that feel heavy so that we can help them walk into a lighter life. Isn't that beautiful? That's what kindness should be. I love the way that Paul uses that word, but in the Old Testament, there's also a different word that I think just takes it one level deeper. It's this Hebrew word, "hesid." Hestid, it means loving kindness. And this is a little bit different because this describes God in so many areas throughout the Old Testament. It's used about 240 times and it's this idea of a kindness that doesn't quit,

that doesn't give in, that isn't based off of attitudes or actions, but is solely dependent on the person that's giving it. And we're used to describe God so much. In fact, in Psalms 136, we see it used like 26 times in this passage. I'll just give you one of them so we don't have to read all 26 of them. But it says, "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good." Look at this, His love endures forever. It's His loving kindness, it's how He responds to us. And I need you to understand the weight of this because God is not nice. He's not nice because nice is a transaction. If you're nice to me, then I'll be nice to you. If you smile at me, I'll smile at you. If you do good to me, I'll do good to you. But God isn't nice, God is kind. God shows us that despite what we do, despite our attitudes, despite our shortcomings, He's still kind to us. It's covenant language. It's the idea of hesed, that it isn't dependent on your behavior or your actions or your attitude. God's kindness is a product of who He is and how He loves you. So can I tell you today that God has been kind to you. He's kind when you're good and kind when you're bad. He's kind when you're close and kind when you're far. He's kind despite your failures, despite your shortcomings, despite you not having it all together. When you failed over and over and over again, God's still been kind because it's not dependent on you. It's only dependent on Him. Him and His loving kindness continue to show up over and over and over again. And I love it because we keep a lot of energy for that.

It's like, whoa, we love the kindness of God. And then you realize that the same kindness that He's shown you, despite your shortcomings, is the same kindness He requires of you, despite the shortcomings of the people around you. Ooh, pastor, you didn't have to say all that, you know. It's the same response that the Spirit of God is working on the inside of us. despite what other people can do for us, or how they've treated us, or their attitude towards us, because the loving kindness goes deeper than surface level actions and attitudes. It cares about the person and is kind to them regardless. I think sometimes we get this mixed up because this is the way that God has always intended it to be. But because of certain traditions, maybe how you've grown up, that you don't think of God as kind. We think of God as judgmental, or we think of God as just waiting for us to screw up, just dangling us over hell, waiting to drop us in, you know? That's how we think about God. But can I tell you that God's plan has been kindness from the very beginning. I don't know how you grew up, but when I grew up around Halloween, there would be churches in our area that would do something called judgment houses. Anybody ever heard of a judgment house? If you have it, you're in for a treat. People laugh and like, I know what this is. So around Halloween, churches, they have good intentions, but they wanna be able to do haunted houses. They can't do haunted houses, so what do they do?

So instead they invite people in, and what it is, is the entire intention. It's so funny to me, think looking back of how they did this, is that they would tell you this, that their entire goal was to scare the hell out of you. You know? (audience laughs) They would tell you that. And so what they would do is they would create these scenarios like you would walk in and you would see this like teenage kid lying to his parents about where he was going that night, and he would hop in the car, and then you would go to another room, and they would show this dramatic scene of this car crash, and you're like, oh no, what's gonna happen? And then they would take you to another room, and there'd be this dramatic scene in the hospital room, and they're trying to save him, and they can't. And he's crossing from this life into the next, and they didn't stop there. So what they do is then they'd take you into eternity, they take you into hell, okay? Like, they turn the heat up in the room, you know? Like they dim the lights, they make it red. They had legitimately, they had people in the church dressed up as demons, and then they would give their, like the names of the people that were taking the tour to these people, and they'd be whispering at you to be Jordan, Jordan. And you're like, Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to,

I don't know. And then they would take you into heaven, and they would have the youth pastor of the church dressed there as Jesus, there to save you. And then they would do a moment where they had people respond, if they want to give their life to Christ, and of course, every hand in that room is like, yes, I'm sorry, I lied, I want to go to heaven. What I realized is that those decisions never stuck, because those decisions were made out of fear, and fear is a terrible motivator for faithfulness. And that was never God's intention. Look at what Paul says in Romans chapter two. It says, oh, do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness for parents and patients? Not realizing, look at this, that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance. So fear can lead you to a decision, but it's only through the kindness of God that experiences true life change, that repentance, that I'm going one way, and I experience the kindness of God that he hasn't forgot about me, that he has a plan in a future ahead of me, that he's given me grace and mercy for the sins of my past, and I turn from that life, and I head in a completely different direction, because kindness is the one true motivator for faithfulness. God's plan has always been kindness, and we see this even through the life of Jesus,

that Jesus is the most kind person that's ever lived. But there would be moments where people interacted with Jesus, and despite their failures and shortcomings, Jesus was kind of them anyway. Think of Judas. Judas was a follower of Jesus for three years, a disciple in the inner circle. He was one of the 12, and Jesus knew that Judas would eventually betray him. But still the night before Judas betrays Jesus, Jesus is sitting with his disciples, and he chooses to wash the feet of all of the disciples, including Judas. That's kindness. That's offering something to somebody who you know might even betray you, but I'm gonna be kind anyway. Think of how he responds to Peter. Peter tells Jesus, "I'll never leave you, I'll never forsake you, I'll never abandon you." The night that Jesus is betrayed, Peter denies ever knowing Jesus three different times, three different people. And instead of Jesus casting to the side and saying, "I knew that would eventually happen," Jesus says what? After the resurrection, he restores Peter to himself and launches him into a life ministry that builds the church for the rest of his life. Jesus is a kind person. He gives you a kind burden.

Why? Because kindness is the gentle expression of God's love. It's God's love expressed in kindness that draws us to repentance, through the person of Jesus. And then it's by the same spirit that he wants to develop that same kindness and use it to lighten the burdens of others so that they can experience the goodness and the kindness of God. Because the same kindness that drew you to Christ is the same kindness the spirit uses in you to draw others to him. Meaning that once you experience the kindness of God in your life, it is now your responsibility to be able to carry that same kindness to a lost and dying world around you because some people, the only experience they will ever have of the kindness of God is you. That's why it really matters how we are kind as Christians. Because people matter. And so today we're gonna look at three different ways, practically how we can become a kind Christian to the world around us. So three ways of becoming a kind Christian. Number one, we have to recognize God's kindness. We have to recognize God's kindness. Before we live lives in kindness, we need to understand what true kindness actually looks like. Now a couple of years ago, my wife and I were coming back

from a trip, we were about an hour and a half outside of Tampa. We decided to get lunch and after we eat, we're leaving the restaurant and a woman runs up to me and she says, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's really you." I'm like, "Okay, I think it's like maybe to me "from the church, like I'm looking for the first wristband, "like I'm trying to make small talk "and find out a little bit more about her." And she says, "You know, no, no. "My family didn't believe me that it was you, Joe." I was like, "Joe." And so I asked a couple more questions and here's who she thinks I was. She thinks I'm Joe Burrow. (audience laughing) The problem is, he's a six foot four NFL quarterback and I'm me, you know? (audience laughing) And so just as I'm about to tell this lady, "Hey, you got the wrong guy. "Probably should be cut off from some of those drinks." Like, you know, I'm trying to be nice. She sticks out this pen and this marker, like, "Can I have your autograph?" So I sign it and then just go on throughout my day. No, no, I didn't sign it. I'm like, "You can't be that big of a fan." Here's the thing. She failed to recognize the real thing and so she settled for a lesser version of it.

And here's the issue when it comes to kindness for you and I, I don't think we recognized what true kindness is because we've let the world around us define what kindness is because there is a world that will tell you that kindness is accepting somebody for who they are. Loving them, whatever. Like, just let me be me and you just have to accept it. That's kindness. They'll also try to push their own actions of what they think kindness is. That if you don't do X, Y, and Z, if you don't tip 25%, if you don't serve with your time in this way, then you're not kind. And the issue is that we've believed them, that we've settled for a lesser version of kindness because we don't know what real kindness looks like. But can I tell you today, the God of the Bible and the person of Jesus is what true kindness looks like. And we have to go to this to let it define what kindness looks like so we can reflect it to the rest of the world because you can't give kindness that you haven't first received. And you might sit there and say, well, that's the issue is that I've never received kindness from anybody else. And so how can I give true kindness? The world around me has been mean and people have been harsh. And I don't know what kindness looks like 'cause nobody has shown me kindness, but can I tell you today, even if the world around you hasn't, God has.

Look at it says, the author Paul writes in Titus chapter three. He says, but when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared in the person of Jesus. He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and the renewal by the Holy Spirit. And so can I say it this way? Just because life's been hard doesn't mean God's not kind. Just because you can't see the forest through the trees and see the kindness of God in the world around you doesn't mean he hasn't been kind to you and can I encourage you today? It might just take a little bit of lifting your eyes to be able to look at the life that you were living before and where God has been kind to you because he spoke purpose into your life. He's put breath in your lungs. He've given you a church family to be able to be around. He's been kind to you in so many practical ways. And even if you look at it and say, I don't see it around me. The most kind thing that God ever did to you was send his son Jesus to live a perfect life and die a horrific death on a cross. But he sinned his son anyway, knowing that you couldn't repay him for it. He was kind to you. And we have to recognize God's kindness and settle it in our hearts that despite the world around me,

it might not be kind that God's kind and the true kindness I can learn about only through him and his son, Jesus and the spirit that he's given us. We have to recognize God's kindness. And the second thing we have to do to become a kind Christian is that we have to reflect God's kindness. We recognize it, and then we reflect it to the world around us. Now, one of my favorite hobbies that I like to do is I love to golf. I like to play golf. I like to watch golf. I like to read about golf. And it's kind of boring. Like, you know those people in line, you just like see guys around, and they're like standing in line waiting for something, and they're like practicing their golf swing? Like they're going to figure it out in the line at Publix or something like that, right? Like, that's me. I love doing that. And I realized, though, that I'm bad at golf. Like, I'm not good. And it's frustrating, because I watch so many videos. I watch golf. I save every Instagram reel. That's like some tip for me to be able to use. And still, I'm not good at golf. You know why?

I don't practice at golf. And what I've realized about kindness is that you can watch random act of kindness, YouTube videos, all day long. You can read the news stories of how other people are being kind. But until you practice kindness in your own life, you'll never become a kind person. We have to put these things into practice. And I love what Paul speaks in his letter to the Galatians in Galatians 6 and 10. It says, therefore, look at this, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. As we have opportunity, kindness responds to opportunity. The spirit grows fruit, where you give him room to grow it in your life. And so the question is, do you recognize the opportunities around you to be kind and respond in kindness to them? These don't have to be grand gestures. You can just start small. Oh, it's in practical ways that are in your booklets, but we'll also put them on the screen as well. Practical ways that I can start being kind. It's like fully present in conversations. And put the phone down. It's expressing value to the person that you're sitting across, that your time, you matter to me. Say thank you. Notice people, that the person that nobody else notices

in the circles around you, you go and have a conversation with them because you're a kind person. Do you look for ways to bless someone, people that are going through difficult moments? How can you step in and bring practical kindness? Don't say you'll pray for them. Oh, this is a big one. Take time to pray for them right there. Oh, I'm praying for you. No, no, no, take the time to be able to do it. Ask follow up questions to your spouse or boss. What you're trying to do is have little moments where you would normally look out for me, myself, and I, number one, to be able to look at somebody who might not be able to give you anything in return. But I can still be kind and go out on my way to be able to show them the love of Jesus. We don't just do this. Actually, that's why we gave you these WJD wristbands. You know that on the way, and you got one of these today, which is awesome. And you know why we gave these to you? It's because some of you were wearing the first ones and praying first before being a jerk. And so, no, I'm just kidding. (laughing) That's a joke, oh gosh. No, we did it. It's because you should have moments where you're coming in from work after a long day.

And you look down at your wrist and you'd say, what would Jesus do in this moment? How do you respond? What do you get down and scoop his kids up and give him time and attention? What do you go selling his phone? I'm walking by in the parking lot and I see a mom struggling getting her kids in her car. How can I go get the shopping cart and take her car with it and grab a couple others on the way? It's what would Jesus do in the scenarios that I find myself in each and every day? We respond accordingly. Why? Because kindness should be a central part of the evangelism strategy of the church. This should be the thing that drives us because before people recognize God in your words, they should experience him through your actions. But the world around you should see Jesus in your life before they ever hear him from your mouth. Because the greatest opportunity we have as Christians in the year 2026 to respond to people is in kindness. I don't know if you've noticed this, but the world around us simultaneously has gotten loud and cold at the same time. You can read through any comment section that you can find on anything controversial. You read news reports, you see cable news and everything is trying to get a rise out of people

and it's loud and it's angry and it's they're the bad. and show kindness, show humility, and to step in and be kindness to a lost and dying, broken world around you because they're looking for hope in this season. And we have the greatest hope that anybody could look for. And it's only can be expressed to the kindness practically that we offer. Because before any person will ever step to the door of radiant church, they're gonna interact with Christians at radiant church. And unfortunately, the greatest hindrance to a lot of people accepting Christ isn't Christ themselves. It's the meanness of Christians. And I wanna help people look past the meanness into the kindness of God expressed through me through the fruit of the Holy Spirit. And so what we have to do is live lives that are kind so that a world around us can experience the love of Jesus in practical ways. So we gotta recognize God's kindness. We've gotta reflect God's kindness. And the last one I have for you today is that we have to refuse watered down kindness. Oh, that's a big one. We have to refuse watered down kindness. And this is where we have to hit on before we close this message. Because kindness isn't just rolling out the red carpet to allow people to walk all over you.

Biblical kindness is not soft. It's sure and it's grounded. You gotta think Jesus is the most kind person who has ever lived. He still walked in the temple and he flipped tables. And he still looked at Peter and rebuked him and called him Satan. He still sat across the woman at the well who was navigating so many issues of her own and told her to go and send no more. He was truth and grace personified. He shared kindness and truth at the same time because these aren't opposites, they're counterparts. It's like two petals on a bike helping you to propel forward in real kindness in our life. Why? Because truth without kindness, it crushes. And you've experienced this in your life. You've sat across from somebody who has been a harsh to you and you walk away from that conversation just feeling terrible. Because what they said might've been true but the way they delivered it cut you to the core. But on the other end, kindness without truth, that coddles. Because you can have a conversation with somebody and leave feeling really good but there's no life change that comes from it. You have to have both. You have to have truth and kindness working and tandem because Jesus was fully kind and fully truthful and that's what the spirit wants to develop in us as well

because if your kindness never tells the truth, it's not biblical kindness. But if your truth never sounds like the kindness of God, it's not biblical truth. Mary Poppins was right. A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. I wanna be kind and truthful at the same time. We experienced this in Ephesians chapter four. Look away, Paul writes it and said, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him. Look at this, we speak the truth in love and that's the mark of growing in maturity by the spirit. So I want you to think, what's the most kind thing anybody's ever said to you? It's a good question to ask. What's the most kind thing anybody's ever said to you? I was thinking about that this week and the kindest thing anybody's ever said to me. I was 18 years old, about to go off to college and my family had recently started attending a church and a youth pastor took me out to lunch at Chili's. Come on, triple dipper somebody. Come on. (congregation laughing) So we got out to lunch and sitting across from each other and the most kind thing that anybody has ever said to me. He said, you're running away from the will of God.

Don't be a moron. (congregation laughing) Kindness, pass it on, you know? Most kind thing anybody's ever said to me, why? 'Cause he was right and he loved me enough to sit me down, see the potential of what I had in my life ahead of me and deliver truth that he knew I would take and turn in a life of repentance. That's the kindness of God that draws us to repentance. And so maybe, just maybe, the most kind thing that you're gonna do this week isn't to go out and do a random act of kindness to somebody. Maybe it's to call somebody up who you know you need to have the hard conversation with, that you've let go too far, to say, you know what we've got to deal with this now and I love you too much to leave you where you're at. 'Cause that's kindness. I don't wanna be a nice shallow Christian that waves at people as we walks by, but there's nobody that's ever changed when they interact with me. I wanna carry the spirit of God with me so that every person that I interact with, I can point towards their next step in their faith in Jesus Christ. It's kindness, but it's truth that travels with it. And I was, I don't know about you, as you close out this message, I was thinking about, for some reason,

I just pair like real fruits It's just how my mind works, I don't know if you don't know. So I was thinking like, "Oh, love, love is strawberries," right? It's sweet and it goes with everything, you know? Think of pineapple, I think pineapple is our joy because it doesn't matter what's going on on the outside, it's what's on the inside, come on out of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So when I was thinking of kindness, kindness I realized is a watermelon. Oh, look at this. Kindness is watermelon. And you know how I arrived at this is a couple of months ago, we got a watermelon for our house. We had some friends coming over, we got to cut it up and eat it. And my two-year-old is obsessed with saying everything's hers. You know how you get in that stage? Everything's mine. It's my milk, it's my candy, it's my toys. And so we got this watermelon, and she said, "That's my fruit." I said, "This fruit's bigger than you, man, not your fruit." And I've realized is that anybody that would try to eat a watermelon on their own is a psycho, right? This watermelon isn't meant to be experienced for ourselves, it's meant to be cut up so that other people can enjoy it as well. So you know what I looked at Scotty and said in that moment, I said, "This fruit's not just for you." Hmm, isn't that the truth of kindness in our lives? Because with every other fruit of the spirit, the expression of it, you experience.

So the fruit of the spirit enjoy, you experience joy. In the expression of peace, you experience peace. In the expression of patience, you experience patience, but in the expression of kindness, this fruit's not for you. It's for the people around you. It's to reach the family members and the friends and the co-workers. So can I tell you today, this fruit's not for you. The world needs your kindness. Your family, it needs your kindness. Your marriage needs your kindness. Your relationships need your kindness. That co-worker who drives you nuts, they need your kindness. Your kids need your kindness. There's a lost and dying and broken world that without our stepping in and without us being kind, they might spend an eternity apart from God. But it's through the church, the kindness of the people of God, being developed by the spirit of God, that can step in the situations and be the hands and the feet of Jesus, being kind in every season and every circumstance and every scenario. That is the only way that some people will ever come to faith in Christ. Because kindness isn't just for you. It's through you to reach the people around you. So today, with every headbound and every eye closed, I want to take a moment to pray for a couple of different groups of people. The first group I want to be able to pray for, for those that are looking for ways to be able to be kind to people. I am going to pray that there will be opportunities, even this week, as you go throughout your family and your work and the interactions that you have, that there would be really practical ways that the spirit of God would prompt in you,

that you'd be able to walk in practical kindness to the world around you. So Lord, we pray over those who are looking for opportunities. I pray that this would be the week. I pray for hard conversations that are kind conversations. I pray for interactions with loved ones that are kind interactions. Lord, I pray that over every person within the sound of my voice that will experience real people's issues this week, that we would be the hands and the feet of Jesus, that we would be kind despite what they say, despite what they do, despite how they interact with us, that we would walk in the kindness that only comes from the spirit of God. Well, thank you so much for watching Radiant Church YouTube channel. Don't forget, if you haven't already done so, subscribe to this channel. Right now, you can click the button so you don't miss anything. You can support the ministry by sharing this message with a friend or by clicking the give now button that you see on your screen so that we can continue to see lives changed for Jesus. Thanks for watching. The best is yet to come. (upbeat music)