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Faith over Fear

Faith is a powerful force that can be used to overcome many things. Fear, for example, is something faith has the power of conquering. In this faith-based guide to overcoming fear, we will discuss how faith and faith based practices can help you fight off any fear in your life. We will also give you tips on what steps you should take if faith doesn't work the first time around

Fruit of the Spirit: Forbearance

Forbearance is an essential fruit of our Spirit. Have you ever tried to grow apples in the winter? If you did, you probably wouldn't be as successful as if you were to produce them during their prime peak season. Practicing forbearance in our life reminds us that there is a season for everything, as Ecclesiastes illustrates in 3:1-22. As we wait and trust in God, just like how we wait for crops to grow after being planted in the soil, we can trust that growth is happening even when we can't see it.

Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness

Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control

Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit that is instrumental to remaining in faith during times when the waters get rocky. It gives us a steady and reliable reminder that God is always in control and in Him we can do all things.

Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness

Kindness reminds us that no matter how different we are, we are all still God’s children. We cry the same, laugh the same, hurt the same, and smile the same. We know what it is like to make a bad decision and feel the consequences of it. We also know what it is like to have someone who genuinely is happy about our successes. So instead of saying “can’t relate” how about we choose to “relate” a little more by being kinder.

Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness

Harvesting goodness in our life requires work just as harvesting any fruit. It encourages us to serve those who are often overlooked by the world’s standards and humbles our spirits. God has given us all gifts and blessings in our lives and He wants us to share those with His people. Thessalonians 3:13 encourages us in times where doing good is more difficult than others, “As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.” Let’s nurture the fruit of goodness in our lives and continue to let God’s light shine through our works for His glory.

Fruit of the Spirit: Peace

Even in your storm, God still offers you peace. Though, proper nurturing of this fruit requires us to give our worries and fears to God and choose to let go of our control even when we don’t understand. When we choose to sow God’s peace into our lives, even on the hardest of days, we harvest so much more than a clear mind and light heart, but a stronger relationship with Him.

Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

Whenever we are extra gentle with anything in our life, like holding a brand new baby, it is because it holds some sort of value to us. Maybe you are gentle with your great-grandmother’s jewelry that has been passed down to you or the first love letter your partner wrote to you. Our gentleness comes from the thought that this object or person has some type of irreplaceable importance in our lives that we want to take care of.

Fruits of the Spirit: Love

“I love you!” I said before hanging up the phone. Today I got the chance to talk to my mom after work, but now that I think of it, I say the phrase a lot throughout the day. Sometimes it is my grandma after I check in with her while other times, it is after a long vulnerable moment of encouragement with my best friend. The phrase encompasses so much more than my feelings for a special person in my life. To me, “I love you” radiates a cocktail of “be safe,” “you mean so much to me,” and “I appreciate you in my life.”

Fruit of the Spirit: Overview

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5: 22-23

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