- We have come to our final week of our Like Royalty series
- We talked about
- Love-Belle
- Faithfulness-Lia
- Patience-Cinderella
- Self-control - Ariel
- Joy - Ana
- Kindness/Goodness - Rapunzel
- Peace - Snow White
- Gentleness - Pocahontas
- Is anyone noticing a theme?
- These are the fruits of the spirit.
- Galatians 5:22-23
- the spirit is referring to the Holy Spirit, which is what lives inside of us after we become a follower of God
- the Holy Spirit is what helps us in our walk and helps us remain a follower, if we listen to it
- this verse calls these characteristics “fruits” of the spirit because these are the characteristics we develop when we are constantly connected with God
- just like a fruit tree will produce delicious fruit when it is firmly rooted in good soil. If you pick the fruit too early you will not experience it at its prime.
- if we stray from God, we will miss out on the same kind prime experience
- sure, we might have learned some things, and grown our character, but we will never reach the true potential of our character apart from God.
Importance of Building Character:
- as a Christian we are an ambassador for Christ
- this means that people will look to us for an example of what Christ is like
- if we are caught doing anything less, that is what gives Christians, and God a bad reputation
- street evangelists (condemning others)
- Sometimes, we might be the only glimpse of Christ someone may every get
We are getting ready to kick off all of our summer events this week.
Our focus is going to be on relationships
One of my passions is small groups (home groups)
- in these smaller groups we are able to talk about more serious things on a more intimate level
- my desire is that in these groups we will be able to help one another build these characteristics
- these groups are safe places for us to come together and help better each other without criticism
- Proverbs 27:17 as iron sharpens iron, so one friend sharpens each other
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