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Breaking Chains
Self-control is something I didn’t really want to talk about because honestly, it’s the fruit of the Spirit I’ve struggled with so much. Whether it’s an unhealthy relationship with food, lust, or behavior and temperament I’ve struggled a lot. I’ve honestly felt like I’m not doing this Christianity thing right. I thought I would always…
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Don’t Spill The Tea!
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Self control is something that we all can understand, right? We exercise self-control in all aspects of our lives: going on a diet and depriving ourselves of certain foods we…
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A Fruit Salad
Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self-Control These are the Fruits of the Spirit Have you noticed that as we went through this series, each fruit of the spirit related to one another. It was hard to disconnect the attributes from one another and focus on just one attribute at a time. Maybe…
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A Mouthy Girl’s View on Gentleness
Is it possible to be bold and assertive while also being gentle? Being meek, humble, and gentle is really hard for me in certain situations and a little too easy in others. When it’s time to speak up about something important to me or put myself out there for a job or relationship, I can…
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A Gentle Word
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Gentleness is something that a lot of people seem to lack in this day and age, whether interacting with adults or children. We can so often assume someone knows or…
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Gentleness in James
The worldly definition of gentleness is synonymous to calm, kind, and soft. But Biblically, you would find these words: humility, meekness, and compassion. I prefer the Biblical words. They have more dimension to them. Gentleness is not just being kind or soft. Gentleness has a quiet strength to it and a soft edge to it,…
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Great is Thy Faithfulness
“Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father There is no shadow of turning with Thee Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be Great is Thy faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided…
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God’s Faithfulness In Us
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Don’t you just hate it when you look up a definition and it uses the word you wanted defined? I looked up the definition of faithfulness and it said “The…
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Keep Calm and Have Faith
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 If you look up faithful in the dictionary, you would find definitions like “remaining loyal and steadfast” or “true to the facts or the original.” It is unchanging, it…
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Choosing God’s Goodness
Is there really such a thing as a good person? When I thought about the topic of goodness, I was stuck on what to write about because I know that I am not good. Nothing about me as a sinful person is good. But something Elizabeth already told us this week is that God is…