Jim wraps up our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit by looking at the opposite of “self-control” in this week’s devotional.
What does Paul have in mind when he talks about the gift of generosity? Living a generous life is more than just giving a certain percentage of what we have.
Grace saves us—we don’t deserve it, can’t earn it, and have no grounds to boast about it, as Paul makes plain in Ephesians 2:8–9—so what does it look like when a community of undeserving people actually lives that out together as the church God is building?
Pastor Tim continues our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit by looking at the opposite of “gentleness” in this week’s devotional.
Is exhortation merely correcting people around us or is there something deeper to the calling to exhort?
Most of us know what it feels like to start strong in our faith and then quietly fizzle out from that initial strength — and the churches in Revelation 2–3 knew that feeling, too. As Jesus responds to them with a reward for the one who “conquers,” what does conquering look like for ordinary, fizzle-prone people like us?
Pastor Tim continues our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit by looking at the opposite of “faithfulness” in this week’s devotional.
Teachers are sometimes elevated too much while sometimes teaching is held with too little regard. God calls us to something different.
God sometimes feels very far away, but even then, He is faithful.
Jim continues our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit by looking at the opposite of “goodness” in this week’s devotional.