[…]on boundaries in relationships was such a success I am going to kick off a new series: the fruit of the spirit. We all know the fruit of the spirit’s not a coconut. But do we know what they really are? If you’re like me, you can’t just rattle off […]
[…]time. She told me she was nervous but would feel okay with herself if she only passed one half of the test. She, as a result, had not determined to conquer. And in the end, she failed one half and I passed both halves. Our Christian walk is similar. We […]
[…]live for the glory of ourselves, we reap bad fruit. Galatians chapter 5 kicks off the discussion of spiritual fruit. Before we can look at the good fruit, we first take a look at the bad fruit. 16 I say then, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the […]
Why do we care about the fruit of the spirit so much that we teach it to children in the form of a song? Why are we as Christians supposed to bear good fruit? Galatians chapter 6 concludes with these thoughts from verse 7-9: Don’t be deceived: God is not […]
[…]ahead (pun intended) into the next category of dirt. Remember, we can’t produce the Fruit of the Spirit unless we start with the right soil. SOIL NUMBER TWO: vs. 5-7: Others fell on rocky ground, where there wasn’t much soil, and they sprang up quickly since the soil wasn’t deep. But when […]
