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Daily devotionalSeptember 30 – Crucifying the flesh and keeping in step with the Spirit
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 29 – The fruit of the Spirit is self-control
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls…– Proverbs 25:28 But the fruit of the Spirit is…self-control. – Galatians…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 28 – The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness: Christ-like gentleness
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench. – Matthew 12:20 Scripture reading: Matthew 11:25-30; 12:15-21 The power…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 27 – Let us consider how to stir one another up to love
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works… encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 26 – The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness: the gentleness of God
But the fruit of the Spirit is…gentleness. – Galatians 5:22-23 Scripture reading: Isaiah 40 George Bethune once said, “Perhaps no grace is less prayed for,…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 25 – The fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness
But the fruit of the Spirit is…faithfulness. – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Lamentations 3:22-23; Hebrews 6:13-20 We live in a world of broken promises. But…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 24 – The fruit of the Spirit is kindness and goodness
But the fruit of the Spirit is…kindness, goodness. – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Ephesians 2:1-10; Titus 3:4-8 Kindness and goodness are often used interchangeably in…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 23 – The fruit of the Spirit is patience: long-tempered
Love is patient…it is not irritable… – 1 Corinthians 13:4,7 But the fruit of the Spirit is…patience. – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Exodus 34:5-7; James…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 22 – The fruit of the Spirit is patience: long-suffering
Love is patient… Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things… – 1 Corinthians 13:4,7 But the fruit of the Spirit…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 21 – The fruit of the Spirit is peace: peace with others
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God…Romans 12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 20 – Let us hold fast our hope
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. – Hebrews 10:23 Scripture reading: Hebrews 10:19-25 We live…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 19 – The fruit of the Spirit is peace: peace with God and peace within
Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ… – Romans 5:1 But the fruit of the Spirit…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 18 – The fruit of the Spirit is joy: the joy of glorification
But the fruit of the Spirit is…joy. – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: John 16:20-24; 1 Peter 1:3-9 As we saw yesterday, Christian joy is rooted…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 17 – The fruit of the Spirit is joy: the joy of justification
But the fruit of the Spirit is…joy. – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Psalm 32; Philippians 4:4 Sadly, too often, Christians lack joy in their life….
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Daily devotionalSeptember 16 – The fruit of the Spirit is love: the test of love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love… – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Ephesians 1:15-20; 3:14-21 Sometimes we have a counterfeit love. This is where…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 15 – The fruit of the Spirit is love: the pattern and power of love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love… – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: 1 John 3:16-18; 4:9-11, 19 What is love? God is the source…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 14 – The fruit of the Spirit is love: love for one another
But the fruit of the Spirit is love… – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: 1 John 4:7-11; 5:1-3 We’ve begun to see that love for God…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 13 – Let us draw near in full assurance of faith
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 12 – The fruit of the Spirit is love: the necessity of love
But the fruit of the Spirit is love… – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Matthew 22:34-40; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Love is central to the Christian life….
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Daily devotionalSeptember 11 – The fruit of the Spirit: general observations
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy…patience, kindness…1 Corinthians 13:4, 6 Love is patient and kind…rejoices. – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Galatians 5:22-23; 1 Corinthians…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 10 – The fruit of the Spirit: produced in us
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 9 – The fruit of the Spirit: Christ’s fruitfulness
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 8 – The fruit of the Spirit: Israel’s unfruitfulness
My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill…and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes…Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 7 – The works of the flesh
Now the works of the flesh are evident…I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 6 – Confidence to enter the holy places
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus…and since we have a great priest over the house of God……
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Daily devotionalSeptember 4 – Walk by the Spirit: a daily fight
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 3 – Walk by the Spirit: led by God’s word
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Scripture reading: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3; 2 Timothy…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 2 – Walk by the Spirit: led by the Spirit
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Scripture reading: Isaiah 63:11-14; Nehemiah 9:19-20 Yesterday…
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Daily devotionalSeptember introduction: the Vine, and the fruits of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit is not a coconut, as one children’s Sunday school song puts it. I’m sure you all know that! But it’s…