The first time I read Paul’s letter to Titus, I was struck with the message he wrote about older and younger women in chapter 2. He told Titus, “teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but…
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Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Gentleness
What can you learn from a 14-year-old boy whose 9th grade English teacher assigns a two-minute speech about social issues? When my son received an assignment where he had to choose a social issue and present it to the class along with a resolution, he knew exactly what he wanted…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Goodness
What is goodness? How do we define it, and how do we walk it out? There are many definitions for the word ‘good,’ and many ways that we use the word in everyday speech. “That was a good movie.” “Do you know of any good restaurants?” “Tommy was being very…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Kindness
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I made the decision, as many college students do at one time or another, to skip my 8 o’clock class. Instead, I had gifted myself with a little more sleep before making my way to the campus center to hang out before my…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Patience
On Friday morning, I boarded the second of two buses as a chaperone, heading with the high school choir my two oldest children are a part of. Around 5 AM we were on our way to New York City where the students would perform inside the Cathedral Church of St.…
Fruits of the Spirit: Choosing Peace
When peace like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well, with my soul Songwriters: P P. Bliss / Gloria Roe It Is Well with My Soul lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc…
Fruits of the Spirit: Choosing Joy
Week #2 of the Fruit of the Spirit discussions. Today is finding joy in the “little things.” “I love it,” Vanellope Von Schweetz exclaims in Disney’s Wreck it Ralph as she looks at her finished race car. Ralph tried to help her build a new car in the mini game,…
Fruits of the Spirit: Choosing Love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22 When we choose to walk with Christ, we need to also choose to walk in the fruit the Holy Spirit gives us. Christ is our ultimate example for he walked without…