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 …
The Fruit of the Spirit of Patience: Do you need some?
“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 …
The Spirit of Grace: All that we need
I’ve been infatuated with grace for years. It always seemed mysterious–like Vitamin D and sunshine. The fact that the sun can raise your Vitamin D levels blows my mind. And the way grace changes us amazes me too. Anyway, I’ve questioned what grace is and what it does. But I came across the title for the Holy Spirit as “the …
The Holy Spirit is a Seal, Deposit, and Pledge
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory” Eph. 1:13-14. Did you read …
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The Spirit of Life
Holy Spirit gives us life, new life. He is our Comforter, our Guide, and the Indweller, and He is the Spirit of Truth. The life he gives us is essential for our eternity. But the Spirit of Life is also the key ingredient to a life well lived now. The apostle Paul dedicated an entire chapter (well, we made it …