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A Mother’s Prayer

No doubt you are familiar with the story of Hannah in the Old Testament. You can read about her in 1 Samuel 1. To summarize the story, Hannah was married to Elkanah, who loved her. But he had a second wife, Peninnah, who despised her. While we perhaps don’t know all the reasons for the…

The Hand of God

This morning I was reading Alistair Begg’s book, The Hand of God. The book is based around the story of Joseph found in the book of Genesis. Briefly, Joseph is Jacob’s oldest son with his “favorite” wife, Rachel. He grew up recognizing that he was his father’s favorite. As a result, he grew up being…

The Fruit of the Spirit – Self-control

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). The final fruit of the spirit is self-control. The words here translated self-control combines two Greek words, en, meaning in, and kratos, meaning strength, power, might, or dominion. It implies an inner strength. But we must…

The Fruit of the Spirit – Gentleness

Gentleness is a difficult fruit to live out, because it requires you to have an honest opinion of yourself. Paul tells us in Romans, “by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in…

The Fruit of the Spirit – Faithfulness

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). In his commentary, Galatians For You, Timothy Keller describes faithfulness this way: “Pistis = faithfulness, loyalty, courage, to be utterly reliable and true to your word. Its opposite is to be an opportunist, a friend only…