22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 The acts of the flesh are undoubtedly behaviors and habits we should avoid, but life in the Spirit can’t be simplified to a checklist of do’s and don’ts. …
Week 43, Friday Marilyn Kirkpatrick And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, ‘You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.’ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” Mark 14:67-68 (nasb) A couple of years ago, I stood in the very place where tradition…
Week 43, Thursday Marilyn Kirkpatrick Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20…
Week 43, Wednesday Marilyn Kirkpatrick If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:23 (nasb) In the world we live in, we are told that it is “all about you”! From billboards, magazines, TV, and other media, the message over and…
Week 43, Tuesday Marilyn Kirkpatrick Older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. [They are] to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, pure, good homemakers, and submissive to their husbands, so that…
Week 43, Monday Marilyn Kirkpatrick All these were approved through their faith. Hebrews 11:39 (hcsb) I recently sat in a hospital room with a dear friend and mentor as we waited for her husband’s imminent death. When I arrived, there was another couple there with her, one of many of her peers. Before the…
Week 42, Weekend Ann Iorg For we are His creation—created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 (hcsb) When I think of God the Creator and all He has made, I am amazed. There is such variety, color, and diversity…
He told them: “Take nothing for the journey-no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.” (Luke 9:3) Last spring our family took a little trip together during our daughter’s school break. We drove nine hours one way to spend two days in a hotel in a snowstorm. Then we drove another nine…
Life in the Spirit Part 1: When You Find “Fleshliness”… Be Filled “Do not get drunk on wine… Instead, be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18) Paul uses a fitting directive to illustrate an important: Instead of being drunk with wine, be filled with the Spirit. It’s more than just a simple “do not” but…
Week 42, Friday Ann Iorg “Don’t call me Naomi, call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter. I left full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced [judgment] on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?” ….
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