This is the third post in our blog series by Karis Women on Galatians 5:22, check out the rest of the series here.

It is a badge of honor in our world today to be able to reply, when asked how you are doing, that you are “busy” and “stressed.” In a culture that so idolizes stress, it is almost unheard of to exude a strong sense of peace – and yet, Paul writes in Galatians 5:22-23 that peace is one of the fruits of the Spirit, a characteristic we should expect to see in all who are followers of Christ and have the Holy Spirit in them. We know then that we are to be pursuing and praying for peace in our own lives.

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