Fruit Of The Spirit: Joy (Galatians 5:22-23)

MOTIVATE There’s a true story of a brain cancer patient who was enduring significant trials with grim prospects in/out of hospital. Sadly, too many of us have seen this episode before. On one occasion, the cancer patient was receiving treatment in the hospital. The nurses who had been providing care for this man had noticed…

Fruit Of The Spirit: Love (Galatians 5:22-23)

MOTIVATE Our house is a flag lot. A flag lot means the house does not have road frontage but contains either a longer driveway or entering a side access road to reach the house. Our house has a long driveway and sits back off the neighborhood road, and it’s surrounded (shielded) by 6 other homes,…

Withdraw

You don’t need to wield a super power.You don’t need to know all the answers.You don’t need to have the most skills.You don’t need to be the greatest.You just need Jesus. He showed us how to be human. We withdraw to fill up. We pray in our desolate, dry, dark circumstances. And God fills us,…

Deep Roots & Good Fruit (Galatians 5:13-26)

MOTIVATE Recently our family traveled down south to drop our daughter off at college in TN. Then, we spent a few days in NC. One of the many activities we enjoyed was mountain scenery. We looked up at mountain peaks. We were mesmerized by waterfalls descending rocky hills. We also had nervous fun driving through…