Ep 6: Putting On The Character Of Christ

Cultivate with Kelly Minter

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Talk Radio

5 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We’re breaking down the practical virtues of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience in today’s episode. Kelly shares transparently about her own failings and how impossible these virtues are when we rely on our own strength. Kelly also points out Paul’s secret to the virtues—you’re dearly loved, chosen, and set apart because of Christ. So often we have this turned around—thinking that if we can do a better job of displaying the character of Christ then God will accept us, choose us, and love us more. How freeing it is to see what Paul actually writes in Colossians 3:12: Because you are chosen, holy, and dearly loved, you get to wear the virtues of Christ. Scripture Focus: Colossians 3:12 Scripture References Colossians 3:12-14; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4; Titus 3:3-5; Philippians 2:3, 5-6, Isaiah 66:1-2;1 Peter 3:3-4; 1 Peter 5:5; Mark 14:47; Galatians 6:1; 2 Timothy 2:25; 1 Peter 3:15; Matthew 11:29; 1 Timothy 1:15; Ephesians 1:4; 1 John 4:10 Relevant Links ? For more on this topic, check out Kelly’s book The Fitting Room: Putting On The Character Of Christ. ? Receive a free 21-day devotional called The Blessed Life when you sign up for Kelly’s newsletter at kellyminter.com. Limited time. ? Read about Kelly’s adventures in the Amazon jungle with JMI in her book Wherever The River Runs: How A Forgotten People Renewed My Hope In The Gospel. Socials ? Subscribe to the Cultivate Podcast on accessmore.com so you never miss an episode. ? Follow Kelly on Instagram and Facebook ? Kelly works closely with Justice & Mercy International in the Amazon and in Moldova.You can check out their work here. ? Opening Music to the Cultivate Podcast is Time For Singing from her project Hymns & Hallelujahs.

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0:00.0	From K-Love books, We're So Blessed is a new 40-day family-oriented devotional written to help your family recognize God's hand in your everyday lives, and to realize how truly blessed you are as a child of God.
0:13.9	Authored by three siblings who make up the Christian music group Kane, We're So Blessed, offers a personal glimpse into their childhood and family,
0:22.1	plus activity ideas and questions your family will love.
0:26.0	We're So Blessed is available now wherever you buy books.
0:29.5	A link is also in today's show notes.
0:34.2	Access more. Hello and welcome to the Cultivate Podcast. I'm Kelly Minter and I'm really glad that you're here with me today.
0:57.5	For today's episode, we're going to be looking at five virtues that the Apostle Paul told the Church of Colossi to put on.
1:07.2	Now for the first several weeks of this Cultivate podcast, we've been jumping back and forth between
1:13.0	the Old Testament and the New Testament. We've looked at a lot of narratives because I personally,
1:19.2	I just love narratives. And so we've spent some time looking at different characters in the Old
1:24.3	Testament and then some time in the Gospels, but we haven't yet
1:28.1	gotten to one of the epistles. So today's going to be an opportunity for us to open up the
1:35.0	letter of Colossians or the book of Colossians, which Paul wrote to the church at Colossi.
1:40.5	It's going to be really practical for us because Paul is going to tell us to put on
1:45.5	compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
1:51.2	If you're like me, you have struggled with those at different times in your life,
1:57.0	and sometimes I've struggled with all five, I think, at the same time, because these
2:02.4	virtues are all relationship-centric. If we're by ourselves, we don't really need these virtues,
2:10.3	but as soon as we start involving other people, we need the virtues. I wrote a book on this
2:17.4	a few years ago called The Fitting Room and a woman
2:20.7	wrote to me and I love this. It's one of my favorite quotes that I've ever received and she said,
2:26.1	I think I have plenty of each of the virtues when I don't need them. It's only when I'm in the
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