What’s the difference between fruit of the Spirit and gifts of the Spirit?
I would say that the fruit of the Spirit are character traits which should differentiate Christians from the unregenerate person. The gifts of the Spirit are abilities given on a one by one basis to believers for the common good of the body of Christ in order to build us up.
Whilst it is expected that we manifest all the fruits of the Spirit, we are not expected to be endowed with every gift. What we are expected to do, however is to make use of gift God gives us.
Peter Holloway Posts
But as for you…
I’m beginning to realise just how much this phrase is used in the Bible. So often we look at situations and other people and bewail our lot in life, when what God wants of us is to live for Him through the situations. Whenever I begin to look at things around and moan or feel sorry for myself, God says ‘as for you..’
As for me, I must continue in what God has already planned for my life – nothing to do with jobs, vocations, personal circumstances, but all to do with living through every situation as the godly man my Creator made me to be. As for me, I must continue in the study of God’s word and the application of it to my life and by His Spirit live it out.
Just as with Job, the end result isn’t the material blessings, but rather our Heavenly Father being able to say of us ‘have you considered my servant?’
Ah, the joys of stumbling! 😉 It must be hitting critical mass now, a little like Googling, only more eclectic (or something). Visiting the broad spectrum of web sites out there, good and bad is great for the web designer looking for ideas. There are fashions in web design, just as there are with everything else. At the moment pastel colours seem to be the ‘in thing’ – nothing in your face or using dark colours (unless it’s for a heavy metal or gaming site).
The benefit of stumbling is that you see sites that you wouldn’t have chosen yourself. I reckon on a ratio of 1:10 good sites to bad, but its worth the clicking through just to get to view the good stuff and see what the good designers are doing.
So, what have I done, then? I’ve simplified the pages on this site, with less breaks between sections. The logo now drops the ‘p’ down into the body, which links the two sections together. I was determined not to put a banner the whole way across the top, so I used a small bar of light blue to go under the page title along with the logo, to which I have added another pale bar. Faster downloads for all!
Another day, another web site! Added another image to the Grace Baptist web site, and waiting for images and page design for a new venture.
Pleased with the way sophos1 looks now. I’ll have to leave it for a while to see how it is to live with. On the other hand, just maybe, that ‘other sites’ piece of text could do with some work…
Well, another week, another list of jobs to do! I’ve got a couple of web sites to update. I’ve already done some minor tweaks to this site: simplified the style (decluttered) which makes it easier to just read what’s on the page.
Got some investigation into what can and can’t be done with Outlook’s contacts and MS Access. This could be fun, the ODBC driver seems a little slow to get going.
Also got to get into SQL Server properly: a couple of projects using this, which should be fun. I’ve already tested this blog with a copy of the home page running on SQL Server – works fine:-)
The joys of freelancing – When working freelance there is a lot of freedom, but with that freedom comes a rather looser association with ’employers’ (or clients as we prefer to call them)! Along with better rates comes no holiday pay, no sick pay and no requirement for notice to be given before dispensing with your services. Best option is to make yourself indispensible (or at least as close as you can get to this). The best solution is to spread yourself about – lot’s of smaller clients = less reliance on one, less problems if one doesn’t work out, and more varied work, which is a bonus!