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This is the first installment in my advent series. “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor,…
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“Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplication. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart exults, and with my song I will…
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How many times have you heard the phrase “typical teenager”? I think it’s interesting that this description rarely, if ever, has positive implications. To define a teenager as “typical” is, in effect, to call them irresponsible, whiny, immature, spoiled, and…
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This is the “capstone” to my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit. As I was reading through the past nine posts I’ve written, from “Love” to “Self-Control,” I noticed a common thread running through all of them.…
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This is the ninth installment in my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit. What controls you? What prompts you to action? What are the powers to which you will never say “no”? For believers, there should be…
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This is the eighth installment in my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit. “Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom…For where jealousy and…
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This is the seventh installment in my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit. In a sermon entitled “The Right Kind of Faith,” theologian D. L. Moody told the following story: “I wanted to teach my little boy…
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This is the sixth installment in my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit. “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in…
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This is the fifth installment in my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit. “Be kind.” You see it everywhere: it’s on t-shirts, bumper stickers, and social media hashtags; it covers laptops and water bottles; it was even…
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This is the fourth installment in my series of posts about the fruit of the Spirit How would you define patience? Sometimes we associate patience with having self-control during annoying, frustrating, or needlessly time-consuming situations. Perhaps we could call it…
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