Take the lead
We’re focusing on our calling. Two pieces back the simple instruction was: Go! Go! And the previous one warned us not to use the convenience of one of the excuses in our arsenal to hide from our calling. Now Paul has another good suggestion: 12And don’t let anyone put you down because you’re young. Teach […]
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Fruit of the Spirit: Tolerant – and never nasty (2)
We’re looking at this fruit twice, since most of us fail with this one. Most of us are quick to respond. We get on our high horse and say what we want to say. If someone does or say something that we don’t agree with, we don’t hesitate to express our opinion about it. And […]
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Fruit of the Spirit: Tolerant – and never nasty
<strong>22… a sense of compassion in the heart …</strong> Susan Coetzer wrote the following (my translation): <em>I’ve decided to fast a little. </em> <em> NO, not a food fast – I get far too hungry and then I don’t have enough energy for running and for work appearances. </em> <em> I’m fasting from WORDS. </em> <em> I keep […]
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