Real Live Faith

Many of us have heard about the fruit of the Spirit and have had many questions about it: Why is it called fruit when there are nine things listed? If you have one, but you can’t really see much of the other, then is it kind of an all-or-nothing concept? Or, are we good with […]

There are many things in society that are common to us. For example, if I were to ask, “How many of you have either experienced firsthand or know someone who has gone through a divorce, endured abuse, grieved the loss of a loved one, endured domestic violence, or have gone through alcoholism, or drug addiction?”

Has somebody ever asked you for advice? Have you ever given someone godly counsel? Do you live by the same godly counsel you give? If you give someone guidance or try to direct them in a certain way, yet you don’t live by that same standard, you just might be a hypocrite. You may feel

Have you ever been in a situation where someone sinned against you and you confronted them about it and they apologize, but their apology was only given in order to relieve their guilt? Their point in apologizing was not to restore the relationship with you. They don’t make an effort to rectify the damage they’ve

Have you ever stopped to consider God’s abundant blessings? He gives us so many blessings each day and they’re overflowing in our lives, but sometimes we don’t stop and pay attention. We need to do as the song says, “Count your blessings, and name them one by one.” The Psalmist was really good at voicing

When we are headed in the wrong direction, we need to humble ourselves and turn around. We need to acknowledge that our way is not working and that we need God to guide us in the way we are to go.

We see so much evil in the world and sometimes it can overwhelm us to the point of either despair or complacency.