Archive for September 2024
S230P5 – The fruit of kindness
Gal 5: 22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. There are two scriptures in which…
Read MoreS230P4 – The fruit of patience
Gal 5: 22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. The patience given by the Holy…
Read MoreS230P3 – The fruit of peace
Gal 5: 22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. If we want a peaceful spirit,…
Read MoreS230P2 – The fruit of joy
Gal 5: 22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. There are many incredible pictures of…
Read MoreS230P1 – The fruit of love
This series explores the fruit of the Spirit, as enumerated by Paul in his letter to the churches in southern Galatia. In this letter, Paul encourages believers to live by the Spirit and keep in step with the Spirit. It is tempting to view the list of spiritual fruit as disciplines that are too difficult…
Read MoreS229P13 – Words to live by: proper fear
Lk. 12:4-7 I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows…
Read MoreS229P12 – Words to live by: what dreams will come
Mt. 22:23-33 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers among us. The first…
Read MoreS229P11 – Words to live by: we cannot do enough
Mt. 19:16-22 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” He said to him,…
Read MoreS229P10 – Words to live by: unbelief as a default
Jn. 3:16-21 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him…
Read MoreThe heart according to Jesus
The word of God tells us that the sickness of the human heart is such that no person can understand it. [Jer. 17:9] We can take this scripture to mean that it is impossible to understand the workings of the spiritual heart in a general sense. Or, we can take it to mean that it…
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