It seems like every time I make a fresh commitment to love people like Jesus, someone just out of nowhere starts being mean and unloving to me. I mean making vile, deceitful videos about me, lying about me, just plain aggressive, it could be anything. And then the hardest part of love becomes what PaulContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 11: Dealing with Unfruitful, Unkind People”
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The Fruit of the Spirit 10: Envy and Divisions!
One of the reasons why envy is so evil, so opposed to the fruit of the spirit, so rebellious to God and to love is that envy is what splits churches and causes strife. If you envy someone in your church, this weekend, don’t avoid them, go and show them some love – tell themContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 10: Envy and Divisions!”
The Fruit of the Spirit 09: The Biggest Enemy of Love
The biggest enemy of love is envy. Proverbs 14.30 tells us that envy rots the bones! If you have envy in your heart, it can literally make you sick. Satan hates you and wants you sick, he wants you to have rotting bones, so one of the things he really wants to do is makeContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 09: The Biggest Enemy of Love”
The Fruit of the Spirit 08: Biblical Love
The first segment of the fruit of the spirit outlined in Galatians 5 is love. Really, the Christian life is all about love. Nothing is more important than that we love each other. Paul told the Corinthians the greatest of these is love! He then goes on say that love is the still more excellentContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 08: Biblical Love”
The Fruit of the Spirit 07: Feed on the Word
I think nearly every single Christian underestimates how powerful the Word of God is. It cleanses us from anything in our life that is keeping us out of God’s will, out of walking in dominion, out of victory and abundance – and out of holiness. The Word is what gives us the power to getContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 07: Feed on the Word”
The Fruit of the Spirit 06: Go Forward (Sexual Purity)
To move forward and be more spiritual in this world takes a lot of effort. We live in a world where every TV show has fornication and sin. It is insane. In this area of sexuality alone, we have to put the effort in to meditate on the Word and stand on God’s standard. TheContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 06: Go Forward (Sexual Purity)”
The Fruit of the Spirit 05: Sow Spirit
You can according to the Bible sow to the Spirit. You see many people when tempted try to go neutral – they watch some TV trying to resist a cigarette, they read a novel rather than call someone they know would be a negative influence. Don’t do that – when the flesh wants to goContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 05: Sow Spirit”
The Fruit of the Spirit 04: Speak Spirit
Your spirit is love, peace, joy, patience and all that good stuff. Your flesh is selfish, grumpy, carnal, foolish and mean. You need to side with your spirit. The best and most efficient way to do that is with your words. Say yes to your spirit and no to your flesh. If you are temptedContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 04: Speak Spirit”
The Fruit of the Spirit 03: Identify and Instruct
So you want to live a godly life? A life of love, peace and joy? You have to ask, because some Christians do not care. I have had people tell me that they do not care about living for Christ, they do not care about the truth. Twice in the last few months I haveContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 03: Identify and Instruct”
The Fruit of the Spirit 02: Bad Habits
When we start talking on the fruit of the Spirit in a church service, nearly always afterwards someone comes to me and says they have a really bad habit that they cannot kick. The problem is not necessarily how bad the habit is, but how hard it is for them to kick it. It’s theContinue reading “The Fruit of the Spirit 02: Bad Habits”
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