Prayer Journey—Self Control

This is the final installment of praying through the fruit of the Spirit. Each week I focused on one word in Galatians 5:22-23. Today’s word is self control. What does it mean dear God to control myself? To exercise restraint. To bound myself within your wisdom, your truth, your Word. To sow my love for […]

Building Blocks of Faith

What makes us fruitful for God’s Kingdom? 2 Peter 1:5-7 shows us the building blocks of an active faith in Jesus that produces fruit: “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence: in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, […]

The Oil Spill Of Sin In Our Life

Each day becomes a struggle to control our thoughts and our sinful nature. Paul describes this in Galatians 5:16-18 as a struggle between sinful desires and the Spirit. “These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions,” Paul says to break free we must let the Holy Spirit guide our lives.