May 28, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: communication, speech, self-control, fruits of the spirit
It's an interesting concept to think that self-control is a gift of the Holy Spirit. The more that God is in control of our lives, the more we gain a little bit control over the self as well. The more autonomous and independent that we are are, the less we have a grip over our impulses and emotions. But the more that God abides in us, our minds, emotions, intentions, and a...
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May 20, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: Sunday School, communication, speech, gentleness
Gentleness reinforces our genuine affection, allowing someone to take their defenses down so that you can remove the speck from their eye having no log in your own. ...
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May 13, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: Sunday School, communication, speech, faithfulness, the tongue
Faith and faithfulness is a fight. And often the battleground of that fight is what our hearts remember and what they meditate upon...
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April 22, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: Sunday School, speech, fruit of the spirit, patience
God likes being patient. It is glorious to Him that His love is steadfast, dispensing mercy and grace when his justice could have been immediate....
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April 8, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: communication, speech, fruit of the spirit, peace
Peace is an incredibly frequent word in the scriptures. Often times, our English word (peace) does not quite match the force of a word like shalom– which not only gives the impression of the absence of trouble, but the presence of blessing and reconciliation, especially with God.
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April 2, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: speech, fruit of the spirit, joy, suffering
We glorify the Father by bearing the fruits of love and joy. Or, maybe more accurately, we glorify the Father by bearing the fruit of love in our joy....
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March 26, 2024
| Tags: 2 Samuel 13, love, speech, fruit of the spirit
Today, we will be looking at how to glorify God by speaking in Love.
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March 18, 2024
by Austin Prince
| Tags: communication, tongue, speech
Whatever is right at the brim is what spills out when you are shaken. It is what is abundant in the heart that makes its way out into your speech....
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