Love seeks to please in every possible way. Between lovers, the desire to satisfy and be satisfied is mutual. Frequently, lives are adjusted to some degree to accommodate the other, prayerfully without sacrificing principle, except to adopt the better one. So it is between God and mankind, the divine and the human. Jesus said thatContinue reading “Love’s Pleasures”
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Temperance: Key Fruit of the Spirit
Temperance is a fruit of the Spirit. If one has no self-control or does not surrender self-will to the will of God, one is working against the Holy Spirit. This is sin. This is not having Christ’s righteousness. It is self-indulgence, self-righteousness. God calls those who are His faithful ones to be temperate in allContinue reading “Temperance: Key Fruit of the Spirit”