• Dig Deeper: Peace

    Dig Deeper: Peace

    Here is this week’s Dig Deeper resource. I have also added a page so you can access past Dig Deeper resources. Hope and Pray Dig Deeper is helping you with your Bible study and your walk with Jesus Christ! Dig Deeper Resoures

  • Dig Deeper: Joy

    Dig Deeper: Joy

    Here is this week’s Dig Deeper resource. I have also added a page so you can access past Dig Deeper resources. Hope and Pray Dig Deeper is helping you with your Bible study and your walk with Jesus Christ! Dig Deeper Resoures

  • Empty Tanks

    Empty Tanks

    I don’t know about you, but I am tired of the almost $4.00 a gallon price tag. I went to the station the other day on empty. I have a 2023 Chevy Traverse, and the tank is about 15 gallons. The math is easy: 15 gallons x $4.00 equals $60.…

  • Prevenient Grace

    Prevenient Grace

    The Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. But that raises an honest question: How can these be the Fruit of the Spirit if people who are not Christians can express them? Even the worst of the worst can show love at some level.…

  • Fruit Over Law

    Fruit Over Law

    Law. The law is what allows societies to function. We need laws. Why? Because, as Paul says, the law helps us recognize sin. But not every law is the same. There is what we might call the little “l” laws—traffic laws, tax laws, local regulations. Breaking those may have consequences,…

  • Dig Deeper: Love

    Dig Deeper: Love

    Here is this week’s Dig Deeper resource. I have also added a page so you can access past Dig Deeper resources. Hope and Pray Dig Deeper is helping you with your Bible study and your walk with Jesus Christ! Dig Deeper Resoures

  • Not Optional

    Not Optional

    The Fruits of the Spirit should characterize the life of every believer to some degree. You might not function in the all the time, but that doesn’t mean that you can ignore them. That means they are not spiritual “extras” for especially mature Christians—they are the expected evidence of a…

  • Every Fruit 4 Every Believer

    Every Fruit 4 Every Believer

    This is different from the Gifts of the Spirit which we find in 1 Corinthians. In fact, there are several places that we find different gifts that the Holy Spirit provides to the church. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the…

  • Character of God

    Character of God

    Why does a Christian need the Fruit of the Spirit in their life? The primary reason is this: the Fruit of the Spirit flows directly from the character of God. Every fruit could be stated this way:God is love.God is joy.God is peace.God is patience… and so on. So if…

  • Love Is Primary

    Love Is Primary

    Why is love the primary Fruit of the Spirit? Simply because all of the other 8 Fruits of the Spirit are characteristics of Love. Love in full bloom brings Joy. Love brings peace. Not the peace of no conflict, but the peace that the relationship that love is being expressed…