Fruit of Spirit Kindness #1
The Fruit of the Spirit is KINDNESS. Yesterday we considered that God is a God of great PATIENCE and LOVE! “God is PATIENT, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” -2 Peter 3:9b Today,…
God is patient … but His patience will reach an end.
The warm, gentle glow in today’s background photo has been burning for a long time. The wick has been long; the oil has been plentiful. However, time has run its course; the wick has almost reached its end; …
How can I have the Fruit of the Spirit?
What is the Fruit of the Spirit?? The Fruit of the Spirit is evident, obvious results (aka "fruit") of the supernatural, powerful work of the Holy Spirit in someone's life!You might be wondering: "How can I have the…
What does patience look like?
Today’s background photo is not at all like the previous photos thus far in our look at Patience. Rather than a fuse, today’s light is coming from a long wick, saturated in pure, clear oil. The result is…
Letting off a few “sparks”!
In today’s background photo sparks are flying. A few sparks can’t hurt much … can they?? Sometimes when our fuse is lit, we instinctively react by popping off a few "sparks"! We’re not blowing a flame of…
Blowing smoke!
Today’s background photo pretty much sums up social media! Everyone, everywhere airing their opinions and “blowing smoke!” ”A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions.” -Proverbs 18:2 “The tongue is a restless…
Fruit of Spirit Peace #7
The Fruit of the Spirit is PEACE. This past week we have considered how Jesus left the LIGHT of heaven, the JOY of heaven, and the PEACE of heaven to come down into our dark stormy world to…
Fruit of Spirit Peace #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is PEACE. Cape Blanco Lighthouse, pictured in today’s background photo, is seen shrouded in dense, heavy, thick fog! A visitor arriving in the parking lot would assume the obvious … that the lighthouse…
Your life is a gift!
The candle in today’s background photo was a gift … a gift of love from my daughter. So also, God has given the world a gift of Love ... God has given His own Son, Jesus! When we…
I’m so SAD
You will notice that today’s background photo is a “Seattle Rain” candle. Living in the Pacific Northwest, just about all of us deal with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), especially during that long grey rainy stretch from January thru…