Fruit of the Spirit in a Time of the flesh
Do you ever feel like there’s two competing forces waging war within you as you try to follow Jesus? Do you ever feel a gap between what you want your discipleship to look like and the actual lived reality of your day to day life? Do you ever experience a pull in two completely opposite directions - one towards the Kingdom of God and the other towards the Kingdom of self?
Galatians 5 gives weight to this battle within us, telling us about these two competing forces with competing desires - the Spirit and the flesh. And the invitation for all of us as followers of Jesus is to crucify the flesh and cultivate the fruit.
This series will take ten weeks to walk through the various Fruit of the Spirit we are called to cultivate, as we examine the life and teachings of Jesus and how the Fruit of the Spirit was evident in His life.
*This is part 2 of our three part sermon series on our discipleship framework: Be with Jesus, Become Like Jesus, and Do What Jesus Did. For more, click the link below:
Teachings
Below you’ll find teachings from this series in chronological order.
Week 1: The Spirit in a Time of the Flesh
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Week 2: Love in a Time of Selfishness
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Week 3: Joy in a Time of Despair
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Week 4: Peace in a Time of Anxiety
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Week 5: Patience in a Time of Hurry
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Week 6: Kindness in a Time of Bitterness
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Week 7: Goodness in a Time of Brokenness
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Week 8: Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise
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Week 9: Gentleness in a Time of Roughness
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Week 10: Self-Control in a Time of Self-Fulfillment