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We’re continuing our journey through that beautiful list of Fruits of the Spirit from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. My goal in spending so much time on these verses this summer is not to get ourselves caught in the weeds by digging down. Instead, my hope is that as we look at these words we might recognize…

Buy The Field Last Week, we talked about how “Believers are not supposed to separate themselves from the world, like isolationists. Nor are we supposed to “judge” and “condemn” sinners … We are supposed to “Grow up” among them… to infuse the world with the light we have been given…” But… How do we do…

The spiritual fruit of goodness is about more than being good (right behavior); it is about integrity of character.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord , for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 68 You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes. If God is…

A Plan from Creation And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing…

Mt 20.1-16 1 — Porque o Reino dos Céus é semelhante a um homem, dono de terras, que saiu de madrugada para contratar trabalhadores para a sua vinha. 2 E, tendo combinado com os trabalhadores o pagamento de um denário por dia, mandou-os para a vinha. 3 Saindo por volta de nove horas da manhã, viu, na…

The Pharisees tried to demonize Jesus. Others had claimed to be the Messiah or a strong leader who then sold out their own people, or they failed in their efforts. When the people were left unprotected, they were attacked or dominated by others. Many had been teaching the people to compromise on many…

Job's life has been utterly destroyed, and yet he doesn't curse God. For me though that's not the real issue here. God still has confidence in Job. Job is really hurting, and God knows that the goodness that is in Job will not disappear. God has the same confidence in us -- we may hurt at times -- yet God has confidence that we can find the goodness that is in us.

Text 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus…

Good morning! we are continuing this series on 9 Flavors 1 Frui t and we are talking about the Fruit of the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 tells us that the Fruit of the Spirit is…love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness.. In Africa…there was this common confession and response that was used to…

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. “God is not a man, that He should…

We can rely on God’s Divine Power to live godly lives.

The question of God’s goodness in light of the world we live in is an old one. Yet the Bible does answer it!

Jesus told his disciples another parable about the kingdom of heaven. Like a man who sowed good seed in his field. His enemy came and intentionally sowed bad seed with the good seed. The good wheat and the weeds grew up together. (looking the same) The servant asked the master where the weeds came from,…

The book of Psalms is perhaps one of the most beloved books of the Bible by many followers of Jesus Christ. It is full of beauty and wonder, of worship and adoration, of confidence and trust. Of all the psalms in the Bible perhaps none is better known that the 23rd psalm. It is a passage loved by people…

Introduction CAVEAT: This morning, we will be looking at Ruth 3. That might surprise you because it surprised me. I must confess that I had 100% planned to preach on Romans 8 , but do to some providential hindrance. AKA known as a glitch with the backup system that my Bible software company uses. My…

INTRODUCTION: Farmers possess a skill set that I appreciate, but I don’t possess. A farmer knows how to plant seeds and then nourish it into a bountiful harvest. Farmers are notoriously faithful and patient, because they plant seeds in the spring so that in summer and fall the can reap a harvest. Perhaps…

We all have questions about the goodness of God from time to time. If God is so good, why does He allow natural disasters? If God is so good, why does He allow children to die? How do we know God is good? Listen as Pastor Leger list reasons we know God is good.

Tonight we delved into Goodness. What it is as part of the Fruit of the Spirit, and how God’s Goodness impacts us and grows in us through the Holy Spirit.

The value of being a generous person.

Tonight Paul took us through how the aspect of Self Control, produced as a Fruit of the Spirit helps us combat the works of the flesh and submit to the will of God.