Category: Holy Spirit
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monkey see. monkey do.
This was a phrase I first learned in kindergarten. There were kids putting paste in their ears. The teacher walked up and asked one of them why. They said because so-and-so was doing it. She said monkey see, monkey do. It took me years to understand what she was saying.…
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soldier.
I have been studying Philippians and took a pause to look over an interesting way that Paul speaks of others throughout all his letters. He speaks that some were brothers or sisters, some were coworkers in the ministry of the gospel, and then we read some were soldiers. 25 But I…
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coworker.
I have been studying the man mentioned in Paul’s letter to the Philippians: Epaphroditus. Paul had an amazing way of speaking about others and we can learn how to be Christ like by looking at the example of others in their character description. 25 But I considered it necessary to send…
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attitude of doers.
God’s Word is full of wisdom, and in that wisdom is decribed two types of doers: evil doers, righteous doers. Let us examine both and and see where we stand! Psalms 92 Grass vs. Palm Trees The 92nd chapter of Psalms talks extensively on evil doers vs righteous doers. The…
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new clothes.
I do not exactly have the same schedule at my job, week after week. I do miss my old job. I always had sundays and mondays off. My new job, I had been getting wednesday and thursday off. I like having two days off next to each other. This week,…
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decisions.
Part of Jesus transforming my life has been to get me to slow down. I do not have to be in a hurry, rushing about to complete tasks or in a hurry to go nowhere. Everyday we have decisions to make. Most are simple: what do I wear today? What…
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Trinity of Character
We come to the end of the amazing list we are given for the nine flavors of one fruit of the Spirit. These flavors are characteristics. They are the characteristics of God. The first three are the trinity of experience. They show us that God loves us, is the source…
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Trinity of Conduct
I wrote yesterday about the Trinity of Experience. The Fruit of the Spirit are the nine characteristics of our Heavenly Father made manifest in us through the Holy Spirit. They are not individualistic, one at s time, characteristics. When we are walking right, completely surrendered to the Holy Spirit, he…
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Which sort of drunk are you?
Writing about Aaron’s robe brought me back to the topic of the fruit of the Spirit. Living the Christian life without the Holy Spirit is like driving a car without brakes. You are going somewhere but not where you are supposed to go and your life has no real control…
It Starts Small 