Faithfulness Download Worksheet. Key Bible Verse: “The Lord’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Thoughts to ponder: God demonstrates His faithfulness to us in the fact that He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is unchanging which means He can be counted on at ALL times. In our human nature, we do not always measure up to this standard. We do change and we do fail. That is why I am so thankful for today’s scripture verse that lets us know that every day we have a new opportunity to live a Spirit led life and develop faithfulness. It…
Living The Fruitful Life Part Seven
Goodness Download Worksheet HERE. Key Bible Verse: “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.” Matthew12:35 Thoughts to ponder: Goodness is the virtue of being favorable and possessing integrity. Easton’s Bible Dictionary describes goodness like this: “Goodness in a man is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil, the choosing and following of all moral good.” There is a lot wrapped up in that definition. Simply said, goodness is a state of being AND doing. It is…
Living The Fruitful Life Part Six
Kindness Download Worksheet HERE. Key Bible Verse: “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.” Job 6:14 Thoughts to ponder: This scripture verse cautions us to remember what God has done for us. His great kindness to us was the gift of His Son for the reconciliation of our sins. This gift was given out of His deep love for us. Kindness then, is born out of the choice to love others in the same manner that God loves us. What God has done for us should create in us a profound desire to put that love into action demonstrated by generosity and compassion. It involves giving of ourselves…
Living The Fruitful Life Part Five
Patience Get this week’s worksheet by clicking here. Patience Key Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:1c – 3 “Walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Thoughts to ponder: If love is the embodiment of all of the other fruit of the Spirit as we discussed on week two, then patience is the backbone of the entire group. It is what enables us to be effective in all of these. It is essential to our character development and yet, it…