Contentment is not one of the nine fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians but it is a quality of life that I believe most of us urgently need more of, as we live our lives in the 21st century consumer society. I am sure that every generation has had challenges in this area but […]

I love kindness!! It sounds so soft and gentle, and yet it is one of the most powerful attributes that our God has. It is so close to love and often they are blended and we read of the Lord’s ‘loving kindness’. The psalmists sing and write about it over and over again in their […]

The first three qualities listed as ‘fruit of the Spirit’, love, joy and peace would, I think, top many people’s list for qualities that would be signs of a good life. We have looked briefly at love and joy and earlier, in blog 137, at peace, so today we are moving onto ‘patience’.  As we […]

It’s an interesting question; is fruit singular or plural. You can have a bowl of fruit that is full and containing various types of fruit, and you can have the fruit from a tree which describes a great number of pieces of fruit of the same variety, and then you can have a fruit salad […]

The first three qualities listed as ‘fruit of the Spirit’, love, joy and peace would, I think, top many people’s list for qualities that would be signs of a good life. We have looked briefly at love and joy and earlier, in blog 137, at peace, so today we are moving onto ‘patience’.  As we […]

Yesterday we were looking at how the power of ‘Christ in us’ enables us to love others in the way that Jesus loves, something that Jesus spoke about at the last supper. He gave them a new commandment saying to them ‘love each other as I have loved you’, John 15:12. This was His great […]

I look at the size, beauty and complexity of the universe, at how magnificent it is, as we catch a glimpse of it in the giant telescopes that we now have, then when I think about how much beauty and intricacy of design there is in the tiniest creature that we can see in a […]

It is interesting that in the older translation of the bible, the AV, Galatians 5:19 reads ‘the works of the flesh are these…..’, contrasting that list quite dramatically with ‘the fruit of the Spirit’. It is interesting that the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write about ‘the works of the flesh’ and ‘the fruit of […]

Following on from our reflections on the amazing mystery of Christ in me, and the indwelling Holy Spirit and His fruit, today I want to reflect on an incredible truth which is at the heart of the gospel –an offer and promise of a life of rest. As I see that more clearly, and embrace […]

When Jesus was baptised in the River Jordan, we are told that the Holy Spirit descended on Him like a dove. That same Holy Spirit drove Him into the wilderness where He proved that He was stronger than and able to resist anything the devil could tempt Him with. Matthew 3:13- 4:11. He then returns […]