April 21, 2024 | Pastor Joel Christiansen
Passage: John 14:26-27
"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23
God is shaping you and conforming you to look like Jesus, so that you can impact this broken world for the cause of Christ.
What brings you joy?
Comparison is a Joy Robber! Comparison takes away what God has given!
Joy comes from what God gives. It doesn’t come from pleasures.
"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." John 15:11
"I say these things so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them." John 17:13
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross." Hebrews 12:2
God brings peace rather than contempt.
John Gottman - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Criticism Contempt Defensiveness Stonewalling
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives." John 14:27
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."John 15:4
This is your job — Remain in Jesus!
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
Series Information
Have you ever seen an apple tree grow lemons? Of course not! In fact, one of the ways we identify plants and trees is by the kind of fruit it produces. Being a follower of Jesus is a lot like growing a certain kind of tree. Too often the world sees Christians and feel like we claim to be one kind of tree but our fruit looks totally different. So what does the fruit of a Christian look like? Join us as we peel back what it looks like to cultivate a fruit that not only changes our lives but our communities and our world for the better in our new teaching series PEELED: Cultivating What’s Underneath”
