Nov 6, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
There are only two more spiritual gifts on our inventory from Galatians 5: gentleness and self-control. Likely, we all have ideas of gentleness that come from past experiences. At a fundamental level, we might have a memory of a parent’s loving touch that was offered...
Oct 30, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
The next Spiritual gift on the list in Galatians 5 is faithfulness. As we have walked through the gifts listed in that chapter, we have reminded ourselves that Spiritual gifts are not natural talents or character attributes. Those are God-given, to be sure, but are a...
Oct 23, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
The next Spiritual gift that we are to talk about is generosity. Like all of the other Spiritual gifts, generosity is a key ingredient in building God’s Kingdom. Think what the Kingdom of God would look like without love, joy, peace, patience or kindness, and...
Oct 16, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
As we move on in our discussion of the Spiritual gifts, we look this week at kindness. A thesaurus will give a number of synonyms for the adjective “kind,” such as nice, friendly, hospitable, thoughtful, pleasant, and so on. But the noun version of “kind” implies a...
Oct 9, 2014 | Sonny's Sayings
We have spent the last several weeks studying the Spiritual gifts that Paul lists in Galatians 5. We have talked about love, joy, and peace, and we have reminded ourselves that these should not be badges we wear with pride, but instead they are gifts we humbly receive...
