study on gentleness

Gentle (accd to longman dictinary)
kind and careful in the way you behave or do things, so that you do not hurt or damage anyone or anything

Eph 4:2
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

Philippians 4:4-6

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!
5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

1 Timothy 3:2-4

2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,[a] but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence


1 Timothy 6:10-12
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Titus 3:2
2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.


James 3:17

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.


1 Peter 3:3-5

3 Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— 4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. 5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,


how can we be gentle? only by the power of god changing us from the inside out. what a wretched man i am! what i want to do, i do not do but i do not want to do, i do.

lord, teach me to be gentle like you. you are the almighty god yet you are the shepherd who gently leads us by your hand. teach me to be gentle like you.

to be strong and gentle.

only you can change me. help me to see people through your eyes. let me relate with people with your wisdom. your wisdom from heaven if full of love and gentleness.

let the strength in me be accompanied by gentleness too.

let me be like you and allow me to glorify you.

i am sorry for having tarnised your name with harsh words and attitude. change me dear lord in the way that only you can.

i pray for the blood of christ to cover my family that all of them will recover from their illnesses. i pray for complete healing and that jesus will make them whole once again.

i pray for harmony to reside in the families. let the families be places of joy and peace.

thank you for loving us and not giving up on us dear lord.

we are your good works in progress.

till i see you in heaven.

the spirit is always more important than the mind.

remember my dream of the child at the funeral?

amen