How I Grow the Fruit of the Spirit

I need to admit I’ve got to learn more than I teach. I know I can only teach what I’ve learned. I don’t have all this together, but I do have an understanding of I can pass onto you.   We picked up a dog on the weekend that is great with the kids, but afraid of me. It’s really testing my patience… anyway, the thought occurred to me that the Father is probably using the dog to teach me more [...] Read more »

Is Meekness Weakness – Day 16

Truth: Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 (New International Version) Thought: Mothers like to label their sons as “gentle.” I’ve never seen a son respond well to that label. I somehow remember starting a fight with someone just to prove I wasn’t “gentle.”  How’s that for a fallen nature? Gentleness is an expression of compassion seen as God deals with the frail and weak and it’s also His expectation for how His followers [...] Read more »

Fruit Happens – Day 8

Truth: You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-24 (New International Version) Thought: The Bible is so rich with metaphors that we can see in the natural. When you think about it, how else [...] Read more »