{"id":50368,"date":"2017-04-16T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=50368"},"modified":"2022-07-22T19:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:21:57","slug":"practicing-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/practicing-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicing Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PracticingKindness.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-50368-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PracticingKindness.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PracticingKindness.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PracticingKindness.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[721],"class_list":["post-50368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-kindness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23775,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/uncommon-courtesy\/","url_meta":{"origin":50368,"position":0},"title":"Uncommon Courtesy","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Romans 15:1-6 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sometimes I have to wonder what happened to common courtesy. The phrase needs to be changed because it seem common courtesy has become uncommon. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Courtesy is \u201cthe showing of politeness in one's attitude and behavior toward others\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It comes from a French word meaning \u201ccourtly ideals;\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14820,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/abigails-shadow\/","url_meta":{"origin":50368,"position":1},"title":"Abigail&#8217;s Shadow","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by Andy Cantrell Finding Our Purpose from the Past","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37813,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/kindness\/","url_meta":{"origin":50368,"position":2},"title":"Kindness","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Romans 12:9-21 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When a person walks as the Spirit directs, it produces a fruit that has many attributes - Galatians 5:13-25 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We will focus on one of those attributes today: kindness. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0chrestotes is a form of the word for usefulness. 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