Spiritual Growth
Come as little children
I’ve always loved kids. A friend told me that she thought teaching was the hardest job. I had never considered it that before, but since she said that I’ve been thinking more about it. This summer, I’ve had the privilege of teaching 6 students in addition to babysitting. I always told people that I wanted … Continue reading
Joy
“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” ~Galatians 5:22-23a “Be joyful always;” ~Thessalonians 5:16 It is definitely hard to be joyful in every circumstance. On our own, there is no way we could be. It is only through Christ Jesus that we can find joy … Continue reading
“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” ~Galatians 5:22-23a I’ve decided it would be fun to write about the fruits of the spirit. Love is, of course, the first one listed. It is, after all, the “greatest” according to 1 Corinthians 13:13. It’s hard to … Continue reading
My true home awaits me!
“Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.” ~II Corinthians 5:1-10 It was very cool that this verse was included in today’s sermon since we were just camping last week! :) It made it … Continue reading
A servant’s heart
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in the very nature of God, did … Continue reading
God looks at the heart
“Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man’s friend deserts him…A poor man is shunned by all his relatives–how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.” ~Proverbs 19:4, 7 I guess I’ve always thought of the Proverbs as good advice for us to … Continue reading
Stormy seas
The Bible is such an awesome book. Every time you read it, something new pops out at you. I was reading tonight in Acts 27 where there is a huge storm on Paul’s ship. It got so bad that the men started throwing things off the ship. Hard times are often compared to storms in … Continue reading