Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 17
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. KJV Temperance can be defined as self control, moderation or spiritual discipline. It is theability to exercise restraint over one’s desires, thoughts, appetites, emotions and actionsespecially in the face of temptation. It is…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 16
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. KJV Meekness is humility. It is submitting willingly to the authority of God and His word. It isnot weakness but strength or power under control. Meekness is the ability to act butchoosing not…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 15
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. KJV In some versions of the Bible, Faith is translated as faithfulness. Both are linkedtogether. Our faith in God is anchored on the faithfulness of God Our faithfulness is ourresponse to God’s faithfulness.…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 14
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. Last week we dealt with twoimportant aspects of this faith. First, God is the source of this faith. In other words,…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 13
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. True bible Faith is of God. He is a faith God and created the heaven and the earth byfaith. “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God,…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 12
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. Goodness is the character of God reflected in the lives of believers. “As Jesus startedon his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” heasked,…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 11
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. Gentleness can be defined as the quality or characteristic of being kind, tender, mildmannered, compassionate and considerate in the way you act and speak.Gentleness is demonstrated in: Forgiveness. After being betrayed by his…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 10
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit that every believer must learn to develop fully if he is togrow in faith. The currency with which we access the things God has provided for…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 9
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. Storms or afflictions, calamities, distress, adversities do occur to us all as long as welive in this fallen world. Peace is not the absence of storms. You can enjoy peace amidthe storms of…
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH Part 8
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Gal.5:22-23. Joy is another fruit of the spirit. Just like other fruits of the Spirit, the seed of joy isimplanted in every believer by the Holy Spirit when He comes into a believer at…
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