Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. “For the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:6‬ ‭HCSB‬‬ https://www.bible.com/72/rom.8.6.hcsb I hate to keep bringing up our world today. But let’s face it, it’s a mess. We want to say it’s worse than ever before, but this world has been a mess for a while. It was in such a mess years ago that God destroyed it with a flood, saving a remnant to start over again. There are many accounts in the…

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. (HCSB) How in the world do we have Joy in the midst of chaos, heartache, fear, hatred, wars, and a worldwide pandemic? There is an overload of sadness and hatred in our world. I’m not even going to pretend to know or relate to the heartache and misery people have gone through or are currently going through. I do know that with the Holy Spirit, we, His children can and are filled with His Joy. It’s unexplainable, it’s a miracle, it is mind blowing! Don’t…

I’m writing a mini blog series if you will, on the Fruit of the Spirit. The first fruit is Love, and I thought how appropriate to start this on Valentine’s Day.  Many of my blogs have been about Love. God is Love.  I think “Love” is misunderstood. We talk about love, and people even ask the hard question, How can God be a God of love and allow all the evil? I’ve touched on this subject in previous blogs. I think the answer is to know what real Love is. And I really believe we, humans, have no idea what “real” Love is. And that brings me to the fruit of…

“Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”1 Corinthians 15:58 HCSB This scripture reaches out and comforts me. I’ve been questioning this very thing. I know that I’m far from what I should be. I question if anything I’ve done in my life has really made a positive difference. We don’t always see results, and sometimes the results we do see aren’t the ones we want to see. I’ve failed more often than I’ve triumphed. My intentions are many times, misunderstood. But then that leads to the questioning of self, the self doubt and…

“Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.” This is the week that everyone has been stressing about, anxious about, dreading, anticipating, hopefully praying about. No matter what happens we must all know that God is in control, no matter what. We, Gods children, must be in prayer! In prayer for our leaders, country, world, families, ourselves, for everything! If we are in prayer with our Holy God, and listen and obey to what He tells us, we need not fear about anything. Yes, it’s a very scary world we’re living in. It’s easy to sink into anxiety, anger, fear…

We are being divided against each other. We need to pray to our almighty God…speak to me! But how can we hear what He tells us to do if we are fighting against each other? “Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.” Luke 11:17 HCSB “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” Mark 3:24–25 HCSB “Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.”…

“Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing. For the one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,” 1 Peter 3:8-10 HCSB We really need to love each other. If I may be so bold to say, this is what everyone should want, but unfortunately it’s not. Because love is not what everyone wants, it…