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Good morning, Five Minute Families. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Today in our series about the Fruit of the Spirit, we will be discussing patience. Do you ever find yourself frustrated in traffic? What about being irritated with a family member that seems to move at a snail’s pace? Patience… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families! Compassion – the concern for others – calls us to offer ourselves up for someone in need. Acts of compassion require the attitude of kindness. And God provides the fruit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We’ve been diving into the fruit of the spirit, in… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families! Thank you for joining us this morning as we continue gathering the fruit of the Spirit as we keep in step with God’s Holy Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control This week is goodness. Goodness is defined in most dictionaries as ‘the quality of being… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families! Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control … the sweet fruit of the Holy Spirit! For the past three weeks, we have been discussing the nine attributes in detail, giving ideas on how to cultivate the fruit of the spirit in your lives. Today’s topic is faithfulness.… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. Do you hold the door for others? Are you actively teaching your children to be courteous? Do you display chivalrous behavior when it is called for? We are at the second attribute that we will be discussing about the fruit of the spirit – gentleness. “The fruit of the Spirit… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. Thank you for joining us this morning as we continue our deep dive into the fruit of the spirit. Science tells us that self-control is what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom, that the part of the brain where we find the ability of self-control is the… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. Last week, we replayed our original Five Minute Family recording. That’s because while we are called Five Minute Family, the goal has never been to encourage you to spend only five minutes a day with your family. The goal was to point out how we all have to start somewhere,… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. As we discussed what our new topic would be for this week, we realized that there is more to discuss about remembering. Any good story, report, or project will go through necessary problem solving or information gathering, and the best way to do that is to cover the 5 w’s… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. Last week we talked about how a family can intentionally remember and reflect God’s goodness – sharing our testimony and God’s goodness in our lives, memorizing Scripture, informal conversations, and more. This week, we want to ask… Do you have the “memory of an elephant” or the “memory of a… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. This morning, we are going to look back as directed by God. Many times in Scripture God tells us to remember. Remember His goodness in creation. Remember His goodness in your family. Remember His promises for mankind. And the list can go on and on. Let us expand further into… Continue Reading
Good morning, Five Minute Families. Let’s talk about worship. Worship is not simply singing on a Sunday morning. Worship isn’t just listening to the gospel station throughout the week. Worship isn’t merely an act or ceremony of reverence. Worship does not only involve songs or singing. We worship in every choice we make. We worship… Continue Reading
