Where Do I Start?

Where Do I Start?

Praise brings joy. It’s a form of behavior modification that starts early on. Praise reinforces what we’ve done well. We are praised or praise others’ good behavior, good grades, and good project outcomes. Praise first comes in the form of verbal rewards like “Good...
Raise Your Voice

Raise Your Voice

Gentleness is truly a quality we can all appreciate in others. I’m not sure I possess it to the extent others would like to see in me. It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to change that perspective by growing that quality in me. John 16:13 says the Spirit shows us what is...
Where Do I Start?

Seek First

Guiding verse for this series on the Fruit of the Spirit is Galatians 5:22-23 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these...
Choose to be Kind

Choose to be Kind

Galatians 5:22-23 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (NLT) According to Google, kindness is the quality of...

Pause to Pray

Galatians 5:22-23 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (NLT) Sometimes we become discouraged because of a...
KEEP CALM

KEEP CALM

Galatians 5:22-23 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! (NLT) Last weekend a couple of hundred women gathered at...
Pure Love

Pure Love

Love. Pure love. Because of my sister, Michelle, I get to experience pure love every day. She is 54 years old and was born with Down Syndrome. She just loves you. When you meet her, Michelle immediately begins to tell you about her next most important event. She...