In our summer series on the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5, we explore how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to bear good fruit. Today’s focus is patience, meaning “long-suffering,” which counters our impatient, control-seeking nature. By rooting ourselves in God’s gracious patience, seen in His mercy toward Israel and Jesus’ endurance on the cross, we cultivate patience to endure trials, forgive others, and shine as witnesses to Christ’s love in an impatient world through the Spirit’s work.
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The Fruit of the Spirit: Peace
In this sermon series on Galatians 5, we examine how spiritual fruit depends on the soil of our lives. True peace, unlike Roman control, is a divine gift from reconciliation with God through faith in Jesus, bringing well-being and freedom from fear. This peace enables us to trust God amid chaos, making our lives a witness to Christ’s hope in a dark world.
The Fruit of the Spirit: Love
On Father’s Day, God calls men to initiate love and forgiveness, as Jesus did. The sermon series on the fruit of the Spirit highlights love as the core, producing joy, peace, and patience when rooted in the gospel. Despite Satan’s deceptive lies, true fruitfulness comes from trusting Christ’s righteousness. Though our “buckets leak,” Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3 shows we can love sacrificially by being filled with the Spirit to grasp Christ’s boundless love.
Pentecost: Boldness for Mission
On Pentecost, we celebrate the Holy Spirit’s transformative power, fulfilling God’s promise to dwell with us, as seen in Acts 2, when the Spirit enabled bold gospel proclamation, reversing Babel’s confusion for Christ’s glory. The Spirit assures us as God’s children, empowering us to witness through lives bearing love and joy, embodying, as D.L. Moody said, a sermon for the 99 who read the Christian over the Bible.
The Ascended Lord: Our King, Our Home, Our Call
Transcendent moments in nature, literature, or worship awaken a longing for a lasting home beyond this world. Jesus Christ’s ascension, a triumphant enthronement as King, reveals Him as our true home, interceding and preparing a place for us, empowering us to boldly witness His hope and reign until His return.
The Helper Who Points Us To Jesus
In John 14:21-29, Jesus promises His anxious disciples the Holy Spirit, a helper who guides them in truth, teaches and recalls His words, empowers bold living for Him, transforms hearts, and assures them they are never alone.
Cross Shaped Love
On Good Shepherd Sunday, also Mother’s Day, motherhood reflects God’s love, guiding us to Jesus, our Good Shepherd. A mother’s sacrificial love, guidance, and protection, though imperfect, mirror God’s providence and find ultimate fulfillment in Jesus, who loves us, knows us intimately, and secures us eternally (John 10:22-30).
Mothers Day and The Good Shepherd
On Good Shepherd Sunday, also Mother’s Day, motherhood reflects God’s love, guiding us to Jesus, our Good Shepherd. A mother’s sacrificial love, guidance, and protection, though imperfect, mirror God’s providence and find ultimate fulfillment in Jesus, who loves us, knows us intimately, and secures us eternally (John 10:22-30).
The First Pope
God disciplines His disobedient children to protect us and bring us home when we wander.
The Gift of the Holy Spirit
The Gospel focuses on the peace of Jesus Christ’s resurrection—a divine gift sought amidst fears and anxieties. True peace is revealed in John 20:19-31, where Jesus says, “peace be with you,” reconciling us to God. This peace restores our relationship with God, sustains us through life’s challenges, and offers hope for eternal peace as beloved children under His grace.