Hi ladies, Many of you know that I’ve been down sick this week with a terrible stomach bug. Food has been the last thing on my mind and even water won’t stay down. My body has grown very weak from not taking in much sustenance. Have you ever considered what happens to the spiritual part… Read More »
The Fruit of Self-Control
Hi Ladies, This week we’ve come to the final fruit of the Spirit and it’s self-control. When I think of self-control, I think of moderation and restraint. Moderation is important when it comes to the things we may want and even need such as food, clothes and finances. We all need food to live and… Read More »
The Fruit of Faithfulness
Hi Ladies! This week’s fruit of the Spirit is Faithfulness. This week has been a lesson in faithfulness for Jason and me. We turned a guest room and the spare room upstairs that I was using as a huge walk-in closet into two kid-friendly bedrooms. As I reach the end of Thursday night, I realize… Read More »
Oh My Goodness!!
Hi Ladies! This week we continue thru the fruits of the Spirit with goodness. What is goodness? Is the ability to follow the rules? Is it just being better than those around us? If our goal is to do better than someone else, our standard is just too low. We don’t have to look far… Read More »
The Fruit of Kindness
Hi Ladies! As we continue thru the fruits of the Spirit, I’ll talk about kindness today. When we think about being kind to others, I tend to think of the act of being considerate or helpful. But biblical kindness is an active demonstration of love, mercy and compassion that reflects God’s character. God is kind… Read More »
The Fruit of Patience
Hi ladies! When I think of patience, I usually think of two very personal things for myself. 1. I definitely need more of it. And 2. There are two dangerous things to ask God for, patience and humility, He will allow circumstances in your life that produce those very things and it’s rarely a pleasant… Read More »
Choose Peace
Hi Ladies! The fruit of the spirit we’re looking at today is Peace. We often think of peace in terms of world peace and the state of not being at war. One of the dictionary definitions (and there are many) is cessation of strife or mental freedom of annoyance. If you’ve raised or worked with… Read More »
Joy
Good morning ladies! What is joy? I used to think that joy was just being happy and I still think there is some amount of happiness in joy. Joy can be an emotion. But often in Scripture, the times that we are to have joy are not necessarily happy times. Sometimes joy is something that… Read More »
Christian Love
Hi ladies! I was reading Galatians today and came across the fruits of the spirit. I started thinking about how we demonstrate those fruits in our lives. Then I decided to look at each one more closely in my weekly blog. The first one is love. It’s not surprising that love would be the first… Read More »
One Body, Different Gifts
Hi ladies! Isn’t it amazing how God has gifted us all so uniquely? Wednesday night at TeamKID, I saw so many workers doing so many different things. Food was prepared and set up, drinks were poured, children were picked up in the church bus, bible lessons were taught, crafts were made, music was led, cleanup… Read More »
