Bible. Faith. Life.
Bible. Faith. Life.
The Fruit of the Spirit grows out of the heart of His Spirit within us. It is what He is. His heart if filled with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. Last month we unpacked Gentleness. I must confess, I learned even more about it as I prepared for the Beloved and Becoming channel and podcast. …
faith, fruit of the spiritHave you wondered why one of the fruit of the Spirit is gentleness? What’s so great about being gentle? It’s definitely not a trait the world would champion. The connotations of this word evoke thoughts of weakness rather than strength, but strength and power live in the heart of the fruit of the Spirit of gentleness. As many biblical words, …
faith, fruit of the spirit, goodnessAs we continue our series of the Fruit of the Spirit, we have come to goodness. Truly, only His goodness makes us good. But sometimes it’s hard to believe his goodness. Sometimes his heart is on trial in our lives. When life gets hard, we wonder if He is really good. Questioning God’s Goodness Prayers aren’t answered, troubles seem to …
The Fruit of the Spirit of Kindness is the gift of God’s heart. As believers, beloved and becoming, this fruit may not seem as important to us as the first three–love, joy, and peace, but this fruit helps us become more like Jesus. Kindness is a word that our culture has adopted lately. It’s a “cool” word. You can find …
“Don’t pray for patience.” Don’t you love how people give you this advice with a chuckle and smirk on their face? Yet we all know where they’re coming from. It seems as soon as we pray for patience we pay for it with a loooooooong wait in the Chick-fil-A line. Can I get a witness? Of course, getting stuck in …