If you’ve been walking with us at Blue Starr Church of Christ this fall, you know we’ve been in a series called The Harvest, examining the Fruit of the Spirit l
If you were to look up "gentleness" in a standard dictionary, you’d find definitions like being calm, kind, tender, or mild. While those words certainly describe a gentle spirit, Scripture takes us much deeper. In the Greek New Testament, four closely related words (prautēs, praus, etc.) are translated as either "gentleness" or "meekness." In ancient Greek culture, prautēs was famously used to describe a wild horse that had been broken and trained—a creature possessing massive power, but whose power was fully submitted to the rider.
As we walk through this season, let's ask the Holy Spirit to cultivate the fruit of faithfulness in our hearts. Let’s move beyond simply believing truth to actively living it out in the quiet, daily, small moments of obedience. When Christ returns for the Harvest, there is no greater joy than hearing the words of our Master: "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21).
To understand true goodness, we have to start at the source. Goodness begins with God. Throughout history, God’s people have proclaimed His goodness without hesitation. The songbook of the early church—the Psalms—is overflowing with praises celebrating who God is: Psalm 34:8: "Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!"
The Fruit of Kindness: More Than Just Being Nice If you’ve been tracking with us at Blue Starr Church of Christ this fall, you know we’ve been walking through a