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Courage to serve

Serving by nature is social. Social by nature is unpredictable. Unpredictable by nature is scary. That’s why we need courage to serve. For example… The first time I helped lead worship, I was scared to get on stage to tune my guitar. The first time I played drums on stage, I was scared to make [...]

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Teaching kids (and yourself) to share

Everyone, but especially every Christian, wants to teach their children to share. Sharing is caring, and caring is cool. So how do we do it? Here’s how it usually goes down: Parents in the living room, sipping lemonade. Kids in the bedroom, playing dolls. Sally runs out of the bedroom crying. “Mommy, Susie won’t share!” [...]

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The complete guide to others-oriented fruit of the Spirit

The Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series is the longest series I’ve published here so far. It’s taken us from love to self-control, meeting all the funness like longsuffering along the way. In general, the series was about shifting from receiving the Spirit only for ourselves to promoting the Spirit and its fruit in others. [...]

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How to train someone’s self-control

This is the tenth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is self-control. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. Who wants self-control? Who wants to give it away? If you’re like me, self-control is a virtue you value developing,  but, “It [...]

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How to cultivate someone’s gentleness

This is the ninth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is gentleness. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. There’s always that guy – that girl – who doesn’t get it. They completely blow off the feelings of others. Sometimes, their [...]

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