Sermons About Gentleness
Give Presence: Galatians 5.22-25
What if Christmas looked different this year? What if you could receive a gift that lasted forever? Or what if you could give gifts that did? We want to invite you to rethink Christmas with us this year and to experience it for what it was meant to be. On Sunday, November 30 Advent begins. For some this might be new. It was for me and my family a few years ago as well, but it is a season that my family and I have grown to love and enjoy. The word advent means to come. During the Advent season we celebrate God sending Jesus to earth wrapped in human skin. We also look with great anticipation to the second coming of Jesus, who is coming again for His Bride, the church. In Scripture Jesus testifies that He is the one who is and who was and who is to come (Revelation 1.8). This is what we will be celebrating this coming season. We will be celebrating Advent during our worship gatherings beginning November 30 culminating at our Christmas Eve service.
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Encounter Incarnational Presence
"Who is wise and understanding among you?" God calls us to live as those born of the wisdom from above. This wisdom is the incarnate Word of God - incarnate in us and in those we meet along the way.
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Fellowship of Joy: A Study in Philippians, 4:2-9
We all, myself included, live our lives in a practical defiance of the commands of the Lord, and then wonder why our lives are such a mess. We go to many counselors, none of which open the word and give us counsel from the “Mighty Counselor,†and we still struggle with every day issues. We fail to accept God’s love and forgiveness, and His grace in our lives, and subsequently we fail to live as thankful, grace giving people.
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The Many Moods of Minnie
Discovering the Fruits of the Spirit. Our Portrait of Christs character, through Liberty, Marriage, Fruit unto God and understanding the fruits and thier service.
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How Do I See Jesus in You?
How Do I See Jesus in You? Scripture: Galatians 5:22 Spirit Fruit is the proof of God’s Divine Nature in you. (These are not 9 fruits, but Spirit fruit manifested in nine ways to be seen in all Christ followers who are walking in the Spirit.) 1. Love agape This is our universal motive for all that we do. (1 Cor. 13) 2. Joy chara Restore unto me the Joy of my salvation. (Ps. 51:12) The Joy of the Lord is our strength. (Neh. 8:10) 3. Peace eirene Let the peace of God rule your hearts. Col. 3:15 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you. (Ps. 26:3) 4. Patience makrothumia Longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs. It is love that “suffers longâ€. (1 Cor. 13:4-8) 5. Kindness chrestotes A pleasant tenderness that puts others at ease around us. Be kind and tenderhearted toward each other. Eph. 4:31, 32 6. Goodness agathosume Barnabas was a good man by being generous and thrilled to see progress in others. (Acts 11:24) Dorcas was a good woman by being full of good works and charitable deeds. (Acts 9:36, 39) 7. Faithfulness pistis To be trusted and. The faithful receive the crown of life. (Re. 2:10) 8. Gentleness prautes meekness To describe the character in which strength and gentleness are perfectly combined. (Example – Moses Nu. 12:1-8) “For I am gentile and lowly of heart…†Matt. 11: 28-30 9. Self-control enkrateia The virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially sensual appetites. (Proverbs 16:32)
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Building a Garrison of Peace
Conflict is a common issue in any church or ministry. In the Philippian church, 2 strong ladies were engaged in some sort of dispute that was public enough to reach the ears of the Apostle Paul in jail. Paul interrupted his letter here to encourage them to find a solution and encourage others to see them as true believers whose names were written in the "book of life." In the bible, there are 2 books of life - 1) the book of the living - a book that you can be blotted out of and 2) the book of eternal life - a book that you cannot be blotted out of. In light of this, Paul says to us that there are to needs you have to garrison your life. The first need is to know that this garrison in your life is a garrison of peace. Here, Paul encouraged the women - Euodia and Syntyche - to reconcile and called alone a true companion to assist in the reconciliation process. Secondly, Paul tells us how to build this "garrison of peace" in our lives by giving several imperatives for peaceful living. These imperatives include: 1) Rejoice always, 2) Be Gentle, 3) Don't Worry, 4) Pray 5) Trust in Peace. There is a marvelous progression that Paul's imperatives bring, and what grace they would mean for the Philippians and us as they are implemented.
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The Power of the Spirit on the Narrow Road
God in His grace has given us His Holy Spirit to work in our hearts so that our inward attitudes are right and this leads to holy outward behavior. The fruit of living with the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Because these traits only come from living with the Holy Spirit it is vital for us to stop, set aside our busyness and distractions, and spend time reading the Scriptures and in prayer so that we can listen to what the Spirit says and live by His power.
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Walking with the Spirit on the Narrow Road
It is common to hear that all world religions are basically the same and this is said because their ethics overlap in many areas. Christianity is unique in that you are reconciled with God through faith and not through doing these good works. It is also unique in addressing the root cause for our inability to live up to these ethics: our sinful, deceitful hearts which desire to rebel against Him. God gives His Holy Spirit to Christians to rebuild their hearts so they begin to desire to walk in His ways. If we walk with the Holy Spirit by repenting of our sins, praying for His help to obey Him, learning from the Scriptures that He inspired, and stirring our affections for Christ, we can overcome the desires of our sinful hearts and live how He has called us to live.
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