Vacation Bible School

Just as trees produce certain fruits, Christians must produce certain qualities and characteristics on a daily basis. These qualities and characteristics are listed in Galatians 5:22-23 and are identified as “the fruit of the Spirit.” The fourth fruit that we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to produce is patience. What does the Bible have to say about patience? Generally, in all circumstances, followers of Jesus are to be people of patience. As Christians, we are urged “to walk in…

Just as trees produce certain fruits, Christians must produce certain qualities and characteristics on a daily basis. These qualities and characteristics are listed in Galatians 5:22-23 and are identified as “the fruit of the Spirit.” The third fruit that we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to produce is peace. What does the New Testament have to say about peace? First, we must realize that we serve a “God of peace” (Romans 15:33; 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 4:9; 1…

Can you imagine what it would have been like to see Jesus as He hung on the cross? Jesus had been scourged. He had been beaten, slapped, and spit on. He had the crown of thorns placed on and driven into His head. As Jesus suffered because of the sins that we have committed, metal spikes were driven through His hands and feet. People who passed by mocked Him. Because of the position that He was in on the cross,…

Just as trees produce certain fruits, Christians must produce certain qualities and characteristics. These qualities and characteristics are listed in Galatians 5:22-23 and are identified as “the fruit of the Spirit.” The second fruit that we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to produce is joy. What is joy? I am afraid that we sometimes confuse joy with happiness. While the two are very similar, there are some major differences. Happiness is based on circumstances in life; joy is not.…