Articles by Trisha Smith

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. As we draw closer to the end of the month it is beginning to feel like the […]

Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. A few days back we talked about hospitality and showing kindness […]

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. This is one of the more famous verses, often used in wedding ceremonies and […]

Romans 12:13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Around the holidays giving gifts to those in need is almost second nature. We see food banks, box giveaways, gift giveaways, and […]

Luke 6:28 …bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. It is so hard to do as we are told in today’s verse. It is so much easier to grumble about how […]

Proverbs 11:17 Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves. The wisdom of Proverbs is unlike any other book of the Bible, giving us short snippets of insight like we […]

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This is a verse that has been covered numerous times in the past in previous devotions, […]

Jeremiah 9:24 “…but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these […]

Acts 14:17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your […]

Hosea 11:4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. […]

Isaiah 54:8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer. When we read “I […]

Acts 4:9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed… In today’s verse, we see […]

Ephesians 2:7 …in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. As believers we have a hope that non-believers […]

Jeremiah 31:3 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” We explored the topic of unfailing kindness a few […]

Genesis 39:21 …the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. Some days it feels like we are walking alone in a world gone […]