You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 Have you ever had days when you don’t know whether you’re coming or going? Sometimes there is so much going on that you feel like a headless chicken running… Continue reading Joy in Knowing
Tag: Reading Plan – Fruit of the Spirit – Series 1
Self-Control
Self-control should be a thick fortified wall around our lives - a wall built through the Spirit.
Perfect Peace
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 Do you find it easy to trust people or do past events and situations cause you to mistrust everyone? They say that trust is earned, so when someone makes good on a promise you feel… Continue reading Perfect Peace
Faithful in Love
Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3 The only way for us to learn and understand the depth of steadfast love and faithfulness, is by following the ways of God and the example of the Lord Jesus. We love… Continue reading Faithful in Love
Don’t Give Up
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 Sow thoughtfully and continue to be a doer, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Everything we do matters and every choice we make changes… Continue reading Don’t Give Up
A Gentle Manner
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:1-2 How do you explain gentleness? My first thought was when a new-born comes into the family… Continue reading A Gentle Manner
Bring Forth Good
The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. Matthew 12:35 In Psalm 16 David exclaims, "I say to the Lord, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you'." He recognised his own sinful nature - his true… Continue reading Bring Forth Good
The Good Samaritan
But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. Luke 10:33-34 The… Continue reading The Good Samaritan
Love One Another
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34-35 It is a lot easier to show love when you… Continue reading Love One Another
Spiritual Fruit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 In Galatians 5, the apostle Paul urges us to keep in step with the Spirit, laying out the case against following the passions and desires of the flesh - also… Continue reading Spiritual Fruit
