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Spirit Fruit
Contributed by Don Vanzant on Sep 30, 2011 (message contributor)
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1. Joy
Contributed on Sep 30, 2011
God gives joy to those who abide in Him which is not dependent on circumstances but is actually compatible with pain.
Years ago I spent the last four months of seminary in the Clinical Pastoral Education program or CPE as a chaplain on the third floor of Central Baptist Hospital. It was a great experience, but not one that suited me too well. I was assigned to the respiratory ward where people were mostly ...read more
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2. Spirit Fruit -- Peace
Contributed on Oct 1, 2011
Those who walk in the Spirit are assured that they will have the peace of God, not the absence of conflict.
Galatians 5:22–23 (NLT) 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Peace is a major theme of the Bible and that is rather strange ...read more