Fruit of the Spirit Blog Hop

I am honored to be in this blog hop that Nana and My Paper Treehouse are putting on.  I hope you'll take some time to visit the other blogs as well!

Welcome to another Faith Blog Hop presented to you by Paper Tree House Studio!  If you have been following the hop then you should be arriving here from Nana’s blog.  If you just came across this hop, then go to Paper Tree House to catch the beginning of the hop.

Every month a group of bold women gathers to make the Name of the Lord famous and to share the talents we have been given by Him.  We also like to share a little bit of Truth that we have learned from the Bible and/or a bit about how He has impacted our lives.  This month the theme is “The Fruit of the Spirit”.

As Christians we are expected to demonstrate the Fruit of the Spirit because the Spirit of God abides in us.  In Galatians 5:22-23 we find the following definition: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”  There are many misconceptions about this fruit.  People look at the list of attributes and they are convinced that God has not given them one of the “fruits”, and so they live with remaining sin and a sense of defeat in certain areas of their lives.
If you look at the passage again you will notice that the word FRUIT is NOT plural.  It is only ONE fruit, so if the Spirit of the Lord abides in you, then the attributes that characterize the Spirit live there as well.  If you are not experiencing one of the characteristic of His Spirit in your life, pray that the Lord would cleanse you and purify you.  He is into the business of completing those He saves.  My prayer is that you would draw near to the Lord and that He in turn will draw near to you…

The same way that the Lord blesses those He loves we want to bless you.  We have found an amazing line-up of sponsors and we want to share with you what you could win by hopping around with us:

Paper Tree House Studio: Cricut Create
Scrapbook News & Review Magazine: One year subscription to their online magazine.
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Scrapbooks & Stuff: Seasonal Cartridge
Papperie: Yummy Goody Bag
Bonita Rose: One spot to her AMAZING class on color.
Shimmerz: Yummy Goody Bag

Now in order to win one of these Grand Prizes you will have like us on Facebook, leave a comment on this post, and become a follower on our blog.  Then you have to follow the hop order as you follow and leave messages in the posts of all the amazing and talented women that are part of the lineup.  All throughout the hop you will find RAK’s and special giveaways, so make sure that you complete the entire hop!

When I saw that the theme for this month's hop was Fruit of the Spirit, I knew just what I wanted to do!  My kids LOVE the Music Machine CD and it plays constantly in our car!  I am glad that they know what the Fruits are but I would like my 7 year old to learn some of the verses that address the Fruits.  I made this little book so that he (and eventually the 4 year old!) can start to read these verses and memorize them.  I used a Punky Sprouts Sweetie Sprout album and some of the new Stella and Rose paper from MME.  It was so fun to put together this album!

I am having a RAK in honor of this blog hop.  All you have to do is leave a comments on this post.  If you let me know you became (or already were) a follower in another comment, you'll be entered twice!
What am I giving away you ask?  How about one of the Sweetie Sprouts like you see above?  I'll also throw in a 6 x 6 paper pad of Crate Paper's Restoration plus some of their chipboard embellishments!

Now for some more fun!  Hop on over to Kristal's blog to be inspired!