Tag: fruit

  • 1/7 Limerick: Favor Bears

    The favor of God is a gift
 / Whose purpose we must learn to sift

  • 11/3 Limerick: Miss-Conception

    Union with Christ, if it’s true Leads to reproducing You

  • 11/1 Poem: Bridegroom-Redeemer

    When I am facing my doom 
I need a redeeming bridegroom

  • Poem: Fruitful Vintimacy

    We start by knowing we’re loved 
Then loving Him in return 
As His life flows through our veins 
Our sin and shame, away burn

  • Poem: Mind Settler

    To set our mind On kingdom things Requires a Settler Who’s a King

  • Judicious Interruptus: I, KnowsMore

    Reflective introspection journaling 
To help me understand why 
I failed to manifest 
The fruit of the Spirit 
And where I need 
More Jesus

  • Requiem for The Flesh

    Because the same instincts 
Shame uses 
To save our lives 
From dying 
It uses 
To save itself 
From the cross

  • Fruit vs Counter-Fruit

    We were created To cultivate And consume The Fruit of the Spirit We are so desperate for fruit We will fake it With counterfeit Counter-Fruit

  • Fruit of the Spirit vs Veggies of the Law/Jellies of the Flesh

    Perhaps like you, I had subconsciously assumed that Fruit of the Spirit meant I myself was feeling more love, joy, peace, etc. But once I reimagined Fruit as “experiences we give others that contain the seed of Christ,” I started to get really excited.

  • Dream: Yellow Candy Grace

    My friend and I are hard-luck kids In Sunday School He’s dying of cancer. The teachers try to take an offering Of the bright yellow candy we both like But rarely get

  • TGR-S2E3: Educating Reformers

    We continue this Season’s focus on The Great Reset of Education at Tuesday 6/2, 1 PM Pacific. Question How do we raise up those who follow to represent Jesus better than we have? Perspective Adaptive Christianity A Constructivist Manifesto for Decentralizing Church (Inspired by the Agile Manifesto)

  • TGR-05: Deep, Deep Joy

    How do we develop unconquerable joy? We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

  • LEAD! B.9 From Sloth to Fruitfulness

    The dangers of laziness, and the rewards of perseverance.

  • LEAD! A.9 Spirit’s Conviction

    In Which Jesus Sends the Comforter, and We Are Convicted By Him This week we move from the Father and the Son to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. This also continues our theme of God restoring His Image by saving us from our rebellion. And as…