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What the World Needs Now is Love and Self-Control: The Last Fruit of the Spirit

The definition of self-control is: “the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions.” What a powerful virtue. All the virtues of the Holy Spirit, like love, joy, and peace play important roles in our lives, but we can’t overlook self-control even though it falls at the end of the Fruit of the Spirit. Like the song says, “What …

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His Goodness Makes Us Good #FruitoftheSpirit

As 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 …

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Joy in the Morning-How the Holy Spirit Grows Real Joy in You

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Cultivating Kindness in This Season of Hate

It’s been a devastating week of death, hatred, and injustice. Sorrow has manifested in riots and destruction since the death of George Floyd. Our country needs healing. I believe kindness could begin the process. The kindness I’m talking about does not come natural to us. As broken people living in a shattered world where discrimination, fear, and hatred often force …

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Being Faithful in an Unfaithful World

I’m so sad. As I researched to prepare for this article about the Holy Spirit Fruit of faithfulness,  I discovered that another celebrity pastor was accused of sexual misconduct. Another. Just search Google for “faithfulness articles” and you can read it too. It’s an article in Christianity Today about pastor Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Church. Faithfulness is an attribute …

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