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The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Last year, September 2020, saw one of the worst wildfires in Oregon state history, with the Santiam Fire.  No one quite knows how the Santiam Fire started, though rumors and speculation…

The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Words cannot describe the sound of an 80-foot-tall Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, or Douglas Fir snapping, splintering, and crashing to the ground!!  The sound is absolutely terrifying!  It sends chills…

The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Today’s background photo was taken from an airplane, high above eastern Washington, as smoke-choked skies obstruct the view and block out the sun. Wildfires are terrible!!   Not only do they devastate…

The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. In discussing the topic of SELF-CONTROL, we have been considering the irreparable damage an uncontrolled tongue can do:  “The tongue is a small part of the body … Consider what a…

The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Our guiding passage for our look at SELF-CONTROL is James 3:5-6:  “The tongue is a small part of the body … Consider what a great forest is set on fire by…

The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Over the past 8 weeks we have been taking a look at the Fruit of the Spirit.  Throughout the course of our study, our background images have contrasted light vs darkness. …

Today’s background photo pretty much sums up our world.   Just about everyone everywhere is reacting to life by blowing fiery anger, rage, and hatred all over everyone else! “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a…

What is the Fruit of the Spirit??The Fruit of the Spirit is the evident, obvious results (aka "fruit") of the supernatural, powerful work of the Holy Spirit in someone's life! The Fruit of the Spirit begins first and…