A Blog by Pastors Frank and Parris Bailey
James 1:17 - Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change. One of the things I have discovered in my spiritual journey is that our Father in heaven is …
Gal. 5:22,23 - But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit. I love this verse in the Passion …
Ps.1:3 - He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. What is prosperity or fruitfulness anyway? Jesus said that bearing fruit is the mark of a disciple. He said it like …
Gal.5:22,23 - TPT - But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions: joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit. It seems that Paul was describing …
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. John 15:4 Dick Mills used to say I can’t make it happen but I can watch it happen. What did he mean by that? If …
Gal. 5:16 ¶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Today’s culture loves to make excuses for sin. As a matter of fact they won’t even call sin ‘sin’. Excuses are made, sin is covered up, and life goes on. The problem with that approach …
The fruit of the Spirit is . . . gentleness—Galatians 5:22 Have you heard a sermon recently on gentleness? What a beautiful characteristic that is seldom seen. Gentleness is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Actually there is only one Spirit and one fruit of the Spirit, Paul just describes the characteristics the Spirit portrays …
GET OUT OF THE DITCH If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 Ever hear about the proverbial ditch on the side of the road? Actually, in this road of life, there is a ditch on both sides of the road. As Christians, we are all proceeding down …
PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON Rom. 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. I remember growing up wearing my mom out with my different outfits I just had to have as a child. There was Davy Crockett, the king of the wild frontier and …
THE BATTLE WITHIN Gal. 5:17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. The natural man has little struggle with the flesh, he just yields to it. He is …
