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May 15, 2024

Fruit of Faithfulness

“Love is faithful in the face of unfaithfulness.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 15, 2024 The fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness… Galatians 5:22 Faithfulness flows from the fruit of the Spirit’s vine with divine fidelity. It is the ability to stay the course in a crisis or to correct a [...]

May 13, 2024

Fruit of Goodness

“Goodness comes from God to do good for God.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 13, 2024 The fruit of the Spirit is goodness… Galatians 5:22 The Holy Spirit’s fruit of goodness flows from God’s heart. It is pure in its essence and sure in its application for good. Good is to God [...]

May 10, 2024

Fruit of Kindness

“Kindness validates a friend’s feelings without prescribing solutions.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 10, 2024 The fruit of the Spirit is kindness. Galatians 5:22 For Christians, kindness comes from the Holy Spirit’s inner work of compassion, which expresses itself in outward deeds. Random acts of kindness are divine encounters wrought to [...]

May 8, 2024

Fruit of Forbearance

“The Holy Spirit fills us with the fruit of forbearance so He can expand our capacity for patient love.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 8, 2024 The fruit of the Spirit is forbearance. Galatians 5:22 The Spirit’s fruit of forbearance is much more than patience. It is choosing not to retaliate [...]

May 6, 2024

Fruit of Peace

“Be a peacemaker whose peace rests in your Maker.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 6, 2024 But the fruit of the Spirit is peace. Galatians 5:22 Peace is an intuitive fruit of the Spirit. There is an inner sense that Christ is in control, even when external circumstances swirl with uncertainty. [...]

May 3, 2024

Fruit of Joy

“A joyful heart is able to take itself less seriously and the Lord more seriously.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 3, 2024 But the fruit of the Spirit is joy. Galatians 5:22a Joy is the juice that flows from the fruit of the Spirit. It is tasty, delightful and delicious. Joy [...]

May 1, 2024

Fruit of Love

“Undeserved love may be the highest level of love.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 1, 2024 But the fruit of the Spirit is love. Galatians 5:22a Love leads the list of nine character traits that constitute the fruit of the Spirit. Love—the greatest commandment—is God’s gold medal for His children who [...]

April 29, 2024

Spiritual Living

“When we walk by the Spirit, we are everything; if we ignore the Spirit, we are nothing.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 29, 2024 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with [...]

April 26, 2024

Freely Give

“To freely give is to be free from control, to let go, and to trust God with the outcomes.” Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 26, 2024 The Lord has commanded. Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord’s contribution… And they came, everyone whose heart stirred [...]

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