by bethwestcott | Jun 7, 2022 | Devotional, Discipline, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, Self-control, spiritual fruit
Self-control/Temperance I was born with a sweet tooth and have struggled for all my adult life to curb my appetite for sweets and chocolate to control my weight and maintain a healthy body. As an author, I find it easy to succumb to the distractions that are...
by bethwestcott | May 31, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, Humility, Inspiration, learning and life, spiritual fruit
A Meek and Quiet Spirit Meek describes at least two important people in the Bible: Moses and Jesus. The NKJV uses the word humble about Moses in Numbers 12:3, and gentle about Jesus in Matthew 11:29. “Meekness” is translated “gentleness” in modern translations. Often...
by bethwestcott | May 24, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, Faithfulness, Inspiration, learning and life, spiritual fruit, stewardship
Lamentations 3:22,23 “It is of the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.” God is faithful–He is loyal, trustworthy, dependable, and steadfast. I can trust Him. In Psalm...
by bethwestcott | May 3, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, Patience, spiritual fruit
Patience – Testing Faith Do you ever fidget when you have to wait in a long line at a grocery store? How about in a doctor’s office? It seems like you wait forever for the doctor to see you for five or ten minutes. Does your toddler in a highchair cry or bang on...
by bethwestcott | Apr 12, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, spiritual fruit, Thoughts
WALK IN LOVE A lawyer stood up in the crowd one day and challenged Jesus. “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus referred him back to Scripture, “What is written in the law?” The lawyer knew the answer. “You shall love the Lord your God with all...
by bethwestcott | Apr 5, 2022 | Devotional, Faith, identity, Inspiration, learning and life, Nature and Creation, spiritual fruit
Re-Created “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) Once we receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, our old, sinful nature has been replaced by the new,...
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