Fruit of the Spirit – Faithfulness (Gal 5:22).
Have you considered that faith is the mark of being human! We all live by faith. What is important about faith is not that you have it, but that you place it!
Fruit of the Spirit – Faithfulness (Gal 5:22).
Have you considered that faith is the mark of being human! We all live by faith. What is important about faith is not that you have it, but that you place it!
Fruit of the Spirit – Goodness!
What good things might fill your mind this week? While contemplating that question, I add another – Why?
The second characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22) is ‘peace’ and for Christians it may be helpful to consider the idea of ‘letting go and letting God!’ Often the reason why we are not ‘at peace’ in situations is because we are holding the reigns too tightly as if that was the way to ensure we get our own way. Whether you get your own way or not is secondary to the attitude which we bring to any conflict situation. What we need to ensure we do in all circumstances is honour God and so ‘letting go and letting God’ is a good rule of thumb.
Three questions you may find helpful to ask yourself:
A good question.
Two quick comments. First, do you notice that (in Gal 5:22-26) it is not the ‘fruits of..’ (plural) but the ‘fruit of..’ (singular)?