WHATEVER IT TAKES

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE DO IN OUR DAILY LIVES WHICH WE DONT EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT.  WE KNOW WE GOTTA DO THEM WHATEVER IT TAKES AND THATS THAT!  I AM TALKING ABOUT SIMPLE THINGS, LIKE, KEEPING GAS IN OUR VEHICLES, EATING, GETTING THE KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL, PAYING OUR ELECTRIC BILL, OR EVEN CLEANING OUT THE REFRIGERATOR FROM TIME TO TIME.  THOSE THINGS ARE NECESSARY AND MUST BE DONE!  I WOKE UP FOR A FEW MINUTES AT 2:47 THIS MORNING AND JUST KNEW WHAT HAD TO BE DONE TODAY!  IN FACT, I HAD A HARD TIME GOING BACK TO SLEEP, WHICH IS QUITE ODD FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!

ALL WEEK LONG, A CERTAIN CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE HAS BEEN POPPING UP IN MY MIND, IN CONVERSATIONS AND EVEN HERE ON FACEBOOK.  THAT SPECIFIC CHAPTER AND VERSE HAPPENS TO BE GALATIANS 5:22, THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, OF WHICH THERE ARE 9.  IT IS A NECESSITY THAT WE ALL NOT ONLY LEARN, BUT ALSO LIVE OUR LIVES BY THESE PARTICULAR FRUITS!  JUST AS WE DO WHATEVER IT TAKES IN OUR DAILY PHYSICAL LIVES, WE MUST DO THE SAME SPIRITUALLY IF WE WISH TO ENJOY HEAVENLY SPLENDOR.

WE ABSOLUTELY MUST REMOVE ALL DOUBTS IN OUR LIVES AND REPLACE THEM WITH MORE THAN A MEASURE OF FAITH.  ANGER HAS NO PLACE IN A CHRISTIANS LIFE, BUT JOY SURELY DOES!  CHAOS IS A TOOL OF THE DEVIL AND CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE PEACE OF GOD.  HATE IS A DEADLY EMOTION, BUT LOVE SURPASSES ALL!  WORLDLY DESIRES ARE IMPATIENT, BUT LONGSUFFERING PAYS OFF IN THE END.  LETS NOT BE IMPULSIVE, BUT PRACTICE SELF CONTROL.  EVIL KILLS, BUT GOODNESS LIVES ETERNALLY.  WHY PRACTICE CRUELTY WHEN KINDNESS IS SO MUCH EASIER?  INFIDELITY IS ANOTHER TRICK OF SATAN, BUT GOD IS THE DEFINITION OF FAITHFULNESS!

I HAVE BEEN CONSUMED WITH THESE THOUGHTS THIS MORNING.  THE LORD HAS PLACED THIS FIRMLY ON MY HEART.  I AM SO THANKFUL, GRATEFUL AND ENCOURAGED THAT GOD'S WORD TELLS US OF THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT.  WE ARE A BLESSED PEOPLE!  GOD LOVES US ALL SO MUCH!

GALATIANS 5:22  BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL