Joyful, Joyful
This is the season of gift giving and gift receiving and it all started with the "unspeakable" Gift given by God! I love the emotion...
This is the season of gift giving and gift receiving and it all started with the "unspeakable" Gift given by God! I love the emotion...
The story of the Birth of Jesus would not be complete without Zachariah and Elizabeth, even though you will never see them in the...
I love reading Luke's account of the Christmas Story. His is by far the most complete and contains the little details that make the...
As I read the Christmas story from Matthew, I was tempted to skip the begats. But it is important to know where Jesus came from to...
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" has always been one of my favorite Christmas hymns. I loved the word pictures it created in my mind when I...
As I search for hope and peace in this Christmas season, I am reminded of so many verses, those that foretold the birth of Jesus and...
A very long time ago, a prophet spoke these words, describing a vision he saw of the gift that God was planning for all mankind. Roughly...
The ninth and last characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit is Temperance. This is probably the hardest to understand in relationship...
Okay, here comes that word Meek again. The ninth characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness in the King James Version. All...
The seventh characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit is Faith. If the Spirit is showing forth the characteristics of God Himself, then...
The sixth characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit is Goodness. When I was little, I learned this was a characteristic of God through...
When it comes to the fifth characteristic of the Holy Spirit in our lives as Christians, I had a little trouble at first. It is hard to...
The fourth characteristic that the fruit of the Spirit exhibits is Longsuffering. Now this is a characteristic that somewhat confused me....
The third characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit is Peace. Peace is a word used many times in the Bible. It is something that the...
As we enter November, and the Holiday season, I can't think of a better time to talk about JOY! Each year as the "holidays" roll around...
How appropriate that the first characteristic of the Fruit of the Spirit is LOVE! As the verse in the picture above says "God is Love!" ...
Before studying the list of the Fruit of the Spirit, I want to find out more about what is meant by the term "fruit". "But the fruit of...
I want to do some studies on the the Fruit of the Spirit. Ever since the Bible study I did on John chapter 15, I have been thinking and...
WHY? How many times have you heard this question? How many times have you asked it yourself? We start out our lives with a whole host...
The next three verses in Matthew 5 conclude the section we call the Beatitudes. They tell what will happen when you exemplify any of the...