Inspiration from "A Man Called Peter". A reporter spoke of leaving Peter Marshall's presence with "a song in my heart!" Do we leave people singing, because they've seen Jesus in us?

Inspiration from "A Man Called Peter". God closed doors in Peter Marshall's life so that he could go where God wanted him to go. Do you see your closed doors as God's guidance?

Above all, we are thankful for the great saving love of God - for what Jesus did on the cross and for the empty tomb! Even if we have nothing else to be grateful for, we have this good news.

Paul models a life of great thankfulness for people. Remember, thankfulness is only half done if you haven't expressed it to the person you are thankful for!

God has blessed most of us in more ways than we really need. Are we grateful for all these things? Or, if we woke up tomorrow with only the things we were thankful for today, would we lose it all?

We take between 17000 and 23000 breaths a day. That's a whole lot of reasons to be thankful!

Did Paul leave a fruit off of his list in Gal 5:22-23? Probably not - but this one could easily fit the list. It's a common theme throughout all of his preaching...

The last "R" word in our fight for self-control is "repeat". Instead of thinking we are standing strong, we repeatedly resist, rely and redirect as we seek to honour God.

Instead of simply resisting temptation, we need to redirect our thoughts to something good, something better, something outside of ourselves: God Almighty!

Even unbelievers can practise self-control through resisting.. but Christians rely on the Holy Spirit for their strength. The enemy will try to empty us of the Spirit, but we need to yield to the Spirit and be filled to find strength for resisting.