Spirit Fruit Love Joy Peace, Gal 5:22
The fruit of the Spirit is a singular fruit. Its various qualities are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith meekness, temperance. All of these manifest themselves in you in the same proportion. All of these are qualities of God’s character. God is love, 1 Jn 4:8. Jesus said, “These things have I spoken unto […]
How to Have Peace
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”. Introduction: This week I have come across many people going through different situations in life, from health problems, to job changes, to problems at home, […]
Perpetual Backsliding, Jer 8:5
Perpetual Backsliding Jer. 8:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Perpetual backsliding is a phrase used to describe Judah’s condition during the ministry of Jeremiah. This is a condition in which the country had gotten so far away from God there was no turning back to him. The Lord said that they held fast deceit and refused to […]
Prayer Warrior or Prayer Worrier, Lk 10:40-42
Prayer Worrier or Prayer Warrior Lk 10:40-42 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Did you notice in Lk 10:40 that Martha presented the Lord with a prayer request? And the Lord answered her prayer in a way that is very instructive to us. We find out by the Lord’s answer that Martha was a prayer worrier, not a […]
Trust God, Ps 118: 8-9
Trust God Ps.118: 8-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man or in princes. The reason that it is better to trust God is that when we trust God: God gives us help – Ps 28:7 – God can help you better than any man […]
Peace With Your Shepherd, Ps 23
In Psalm 23, David wrote, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”. To be in want is to be in need of or destitute. When the Lord is your shepherd, one thing you won’t “want” is peace with your shepherd. With your shepherd, you will find: Peace in the pasture – v.1-3. The […]
Keep The Unity, Eph 4:3
Ps 133:1 how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. The Lord said this. He said it is good and pleasant when brethren dwell together in unity. Brethren dwelling together in unity is like the precious ointment upon the head… skirts of his garments. Pictures a man filed with […]
But Now
But Now Eph.2:13-22 But now we are in Christ Jesus! Paul explains to the Ephesians the great things that have changed because of Jesus Christ. He said that there was a “wall of partition” between Jews and Gentiles, [verse 14]. He also says that the wall is “the law of commandments contained in ordinances”, [verse […]
Trusting is Believing, Eph 1:12-13
Trusting is Believing In Eph 1:12-13, Paul said they trusted in Christ; they believed in Christ. Trusting is believing. The definition of trust is to believe (rely on the truthfulness of) to depend (to place confidence in, rely on) to hope (to hope or expect confidently). They key to depending on the Lord and hoping […]
We Must Abide in Jesus, Jn 15:5
In Jesus’ instructions to his disciples before his crucifixion, in Jn 15-16, and in his prayer in Jn 17, he mentioned three things about abiding in him that we are going to discuss tonight. He was not referring to being “in the body” like he revealed to Paul . These are practical things that about […]