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“Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, whatever increases the authority of the body over the mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may seem in itself.” - Susanna Wesley Whatever weakens your reason Whatever impairs the tenderness of your conscience Whatever obscures your sense o...

“What’s Wrong With This Picture”   PICS  01.  02.  03.  04.  2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. we like having control. Formulas Factor Out Faith. Formulas Forego Fellowship  God’s goal is you! Numbers 20:8 “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for t...

“What’s Wrong With This Picture”   #1. We’re Tired.  #2. To Stop The Noise #3. We’re Afraid #4. We’re Not Excited “you snooze, you lose” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:14‬‬  Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. You’re tired  Matthew 11:28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a...

Galatians 5:22  kratos - having an inner strength to master ones desires and passions, especially his sensual appetites. a person walking with the fruit of self control has an inner power over appetites, physical urges, passions, and desires There’s a part of us that needs controlling or that needs mastering. self - the flesh. Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify t...

Galatians 5:22-23 The fruit of the Spirit  is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. The Fruit Of Gentleness . Mr. Rogers Big Bird   Gentleness = strength under control.  prautes - one who was in authority but who did not use their power to crush or to dominate someone else. Gentleness is for the powerful not the powerless. Isaiah 42:1-3  Luke...

Galatians 5:22 Galatians 5:1 Ephesians 2:8 There is no law you can attach to what Christ has done to make it more complete. My responsibility in accessing the fruit of the Spirit is to grow in faith. Galatians 2:20 The Framework of Faithfulness Romans 10:17 The root word for faithfulness is faith - translated as fully persuaded. To be faithful to God is to be faithful to His Word. The only way tha...

Galatians 5:22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness Goodness = Agathōsynē - Uprightness of heart and life. Root Word = Agathos - Morally honorable, pleasing to God, and therefore beneficial.  We are told to prove the goodness of God, cleave to it, to do it, to work it, to follow after it, to be zealous about it, to imitate it,...

“you be nice”… God has never told us to be nice. Galatians 5:22-23  Kindness Is Different Matthew 5:13 & 14 Matthew 12:36  idle = careless,  a word you didn’t really labor over in your heart.  Galatians 6:8  Matthew 16:23  James 1:19  Kindness Is Calculated  Colossians 3:12  kindness = chrēstotēs - to show kindness or to be friendly to others. Kind People Put On Adaptability Philippians 2:7  K...

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep her in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because she trusts in You. Perfect Peace = Shalom,Shalom You will keep her in PEACE. Certain Peace. Enjoyable Peace. Constant Peace. Continuing Peace. Undisturbed Peace.  Keep Her =  Guard her, protect her, preserve her, tend to her, regard her, hold onto her, and keep her in your custody.  Proviso - a condition attached...

Galatians 5:22-23 The fruit  of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Actively Patient When we check out, we miss out James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  James 1:4 Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and co...

Galatians 5:22-23 The fruit  of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, Our God Is The God Of peace. Jehovah Shalom - “The Lord Is Peace” 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. Peace Doesn’t Require Perfection  The peace of God is not determined by everything being perfect around you. Peace = calm and tranquility of soul in the midst of difficult c...

1.Fruit Is Always Visible The proof is in the fruit, right? The fruit is evidence of growth. If there ain’t fruit ever being produced than we lack evidence 2.Fruit Never Exists For Itself  3.Fruit Always Bears The Identity Of The Tree That Its Connected To  4.Fruit Must Be Sourced To Grow  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,  Galatians 5:22 “SURPRISED BY JOY”. Worldly love says, “love is abo...

Galatians 5:22-23  “More Than A Feeling” God Wants Our Life To Bear His Fruit Fruit Is Always Visible   Matthew 12:33  Fruit Never Exists For Itself   Fruit Always Bears The Identity Of The Tree Of Which It Is Connected   Matthew 12:33  Fruit Must Be Sourced To Grow Galatians 5:22-23 NLT John 15:4–5 “Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear fru...

John 16:33 In this world, you will have trouble Trouble - a situation so difficult that it causes you to feel stressed, squeezed, pressured, crushed. Overcome - a victory rooted in the past that continuously effects the present and the future.  coloring pages   the felt board lesson  Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom;...

We either set culture or we reflect culture. The world doesn’t need adjusted people, it needs adjusting people! Matthew 5:13-16 14-16 Salt and light are both agents of change.  John 17:15-16  I'm not of it, but I'm still in it.  Ephesians 5:11  Satan's lie:  I am all about you  God's all about himself  “Me Mentality” “I Love Me Some Me” - Terrell Owens Satan’s goal is not to make you worship him,...

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. God Is Looking For Loyalty loyalty - unswerving in allegiance, complete… a person who has given himself completely to the Lord. Exodus 23:24 You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds Daniel 3:13 Furious...

Crisis is a great accelerator. “This is the fourth industrial revolution and it will lead to a fusion of our physical, digital and biological identities.” - Klaus Schwab Drift Can Cause Us To Lose Passion Revelation 2:1 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: 2 “I know yo...

Stumbling Block Matthew 11:2-6 (NLT) 2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, 3 “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?” 4 Jesus told them, “Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen— 5 the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the...

Whatever it looks like, I’m all in. Genesis 22:1-14  1.Abraham was present “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.” The true scarce commodity of the near future will be human attention. Fasting helps put your flesh in silent mode. It is only when we slow down our lives that we can catch up to God. 2.  Abraham was punctual Genesis 22:3  Ephesians 5:15-17  The pages of Scripture will g...

Striking a Balance Daniel 1:1-6 The culture of the world we live in has an agenda. Romans 12:2 Don’t be conformed to the pattern of the world… Daniel 1:7  Culture wants to redefine your identity. Daniel = “God is my judge” Belteshazzar =  “Lady, protect the King” Hannaniah = “Yahweh has been gracious” Mishael = “Who is what God is?” Meshach = “I’m despised, contemptible and humiliated.”  Azariah =...

1. Jesus Came   Philippians 2:5-7 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. Hebrews 4:15-16 Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let i...

Unto us -  The Power of Now John 2:9   Jesus is not a best for last God, He is a best for now God.  Luke 2:9-11 #1 Understand The Role Of The Past  Luke 9:62 “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God." Linger on the lessons from the past but don't fixate on the failures of the past Isaiah 43:18-19 Remember not the former things, nor consider the thin...

1. The church began with a statement of vision for kids Acts 2:14 (NLT) Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. 15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. 16 No, what you see was predi...

“God resists the proud” James 4:6 IS GOD RESISTING YOU? antitassō: to place oneself in battle against Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 hyperēphanos: showing one's self above others, overtopping, with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not...

The Power of the Word Genesis 1:1-3 God puts a stamp on His Word in the very beginning, not introducing what was said or thought to begin with, but introducing Himself as the beginning. Acts 17:28  ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ By knowing the WHO, we know the WHAT, the HOW, and the WHY. Amos 3:3 Do two walk together u...