“Now the works of the flesh are evident: …enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy…But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” Galatians 5:19-22 I don’t think I ever noticed before how many of the listed “works of the flesh” in this passage have […]
“For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.” Proverbs 26:20 “We urge you, brothers, to [love one another] more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you.” 1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 “Let […]
“And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth” 2 Timothy 2:24-25 It is a difficult path we are called to walk. God knows how our sin nature […]
“The people of Reuben and the people of Gad called the altar Witness, ‘For,’ they said, ‘it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.’” Joshua 22:34 My focus this morning is actually on the whole passage of Joshua 22:10-34. The Israelite Tribes who lived on the East side of the Jordan River […]
In Pleasant Places 