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Fruit Of The Spirit
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000 (message contributor)
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1. Fruit Of The Spirit:peace
Contributed on Oct 23, 2000
This sermon examines the peace the Peter had while awaiting execution.
Do you remember praying as a child? Do you remember the words that you prayed? Let’s try it together: “Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.” But what if when you laid down to sleep you knew ...read more
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2. Fruit Of The Spirit: Love
Contributed on Oct 23, 2000
This was the introduction to a series on the Fruit of the Spirit, and included Love.
Has anyone here ever grown fruit trees? What type? I am not a farmer or a gardener, but in 1990 we moved into a rented house that we were told had five different types of fruit trees in the back yard. When I heard that I thought, “wow that’ll be so cool.” The day we arrived one of the first ...read more
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3. Fruit Of The Spirit: Joy
Contributed on Oct 23, 2000
This Message looks at the Joy possible when Paul and Silas were in Prison.
It wasn’t the end to a perfect day. Paul, Luke and a colleague by the name of Silas have been travelling throughout the Roman Empire starting new churches and introducing people to Christ. They started in Jerusalem and they’ve been through through Antioch, Pamphylia,, Syria, Cilica, Derbe, ...read more
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4. Fruit Of The Spirit: Kindness And Goodness
Contributed on Oct 23, 2000
This message looks at Goodness and Kindness in relation to the parable of the Good Samaritan
He had woken up with a bad feeling about today, but that wasn’t unusual, he hated getting up in the morning and always woke up with a bad feeling. But now he was certain that he should have stayed in bed. It had started as just another day, and part of his day included a trip to Jericho. Not a ...read more
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5. Fruit Of The Spirit: Patience
Contributed on Oct 30, 2000
This sermon deals with Abraham's patience in claiming the promise
When Michel Angelo was 72 years old he started work on the monumental dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. When Galileo was 74 he published his dialogue concerning two new sciences. When Stradivarius was in his early 90s he fashioned two of his most famous violins. When P.T Barnum was 71 he joined ...read more
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6. Fruit Of The Spirit: Faithfulness
Contributed on Nov 21, 2000
This message looks at the faithfulness of Job in the face of the overwhelming problems.
Maybe his name was Job Murphy, cause it seemed that anything that could go wrong did go wrong. You might recall the story from the Old Testament book that bears the name of Job. If you have your bible with you then you can find it by going to the middle of your Bible which should be Psalms or ...read more
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7. Fruit Of The Spirit: Gentleness
Contributed on Dec 5, 2000
This sermon looked at the gentleness of Christ in relation to the Fruit of the Spirit.
Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness It was almost a postcard perfect day, the blue skies, the gently sunshine and the children playing. The crowds had gathered around the young prophet from Galilee that they had heard so much about. The afternoon had begun with Jesus healing the sick who had been ...read more