by Tara L. Cole | Nov 24, 2010 | change, God, growth, Joy, peace, power, Spirit, Tara Cole, Trust
It’s amazing to me how God just clicks ideas together like puzzle pieces locking into place. I’ll hear a sermon, I’ll read a book, I’ll look at a scripture, and though their all from completely different sources they’ll just all click....
by Tara L. Cole | Oct 13, 2010 | faithfulness, fruit, Galatians, God, goodness, Joy, kindness, love, patience, peace, power, Romans, see, self-control, Spirit, Tara Cole
Reading further in Francis Chan’s book Forgotten God, I realized that the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23 is just that–Fruit OF the Spirit. Not fruit of my works. Not fruit of my righteousness checklist. Not fruit of all my striving. When I accept...
by Tara L. Cole | Oct 13, 2010 | John, normal, Romans, Spirit, Tara Cole
When I walked into the churches of my childhood and into many today, I see normal people sitting on the pews. With normal worries, concerns, and stresses. I see them handling those problems much the same as anyone on the street would, with the exception of a little...
by Tara L. Cole | Sep 22, 2010 | Eph, love, Spirit, Tara Cole
Can you imagine what our churches, our lives, would look like if we embraced the Spirit’s presence there? If through the Spirit we were able to comprehend “…the breadth and the length and the height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge…”...
