28 June 2020 - 

Fruit of the Spirit: Patience

Congregational purpose : Growing disciples who Engage

LISTEN & WATCH (songs, sermon & video) 

Sermon - [https://youtu.be/RansSQNKUpg](https://youtu.be/RansSQNKUpg/)

Worship Playlist - [https://tinyurl.com/ybd78fkm](https://tinyurl.com/ybd78fkm/)

READ

Galatians 5:22 - 23;

Genesis 29:14b-30

James 5:7-11

This week we continue the series on the Fruits of the Spirit. The fruits of the Spirit are described in Galatians 5:22-23 as being love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are fruit or outward signs that people are filled with the Holy Spirit. Alongside this we will be exploring the congregation’s purpose of growing Disciples who Exalt, Explore, Embody, Engage. This week we will be looking at patience and how we seek to share faith by engaging intentionally with another person . We say patience is a virtue. We will explore when should we be patient and when should we not be patient. We will talk about the Old Testament prophets with their impatient patience and look at Jacob who was patient and worked for his father-in-law for 14 years to win his wives Leah and Rachel

DISCUSS

· Are you a patient person?

· Would you like to be more patient?

· How do you develop patience?

· When are you impatient?

· When is it ok to be impatient and when is it not ok?

·

PRAY

Prayer of praise and adoration

Heavenly Father, we pray for the virtue of patience, in our hearts, homes and our lives. We want to wait patiently for Your will to enfold in our lives. May we learn to wait patiently for You to bring Your answers to our prayers. We want to co-operate and wait on Your plans for us. Help us to know when to be impatient and to act and when to wait upon your will. Lord, teach us to be patient – with life, with people, and with ourselves. We sometimes try to hurry things along too much, and we push for answers before the time is right. Help me be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. You set all things in accordance to your time. We pray this in Jesus name.

21 June 2020 - 

Fruit of the Spirit: Peace  

Congregational purpose : Growing disciples who Embody

LISTEN & WATCH (songs, sermon & video) 

Sermon - [https://youtu.be/Y4bXV0LY41M](https://youtu.be/Y4bXV0LY41M/)

Worship Playlist - [https://tinyurl.com/ybjtjyqn](https://tinyurl.com/ybjtjyqn/)

READ  

Galatians 5:22 - 23;

Genesis 26: 12-33

Philippians 4:4-9

This week we continue the series on the Fruits of the Spirit. The fruits of the Spirit are described in Galatians 5:22-23 as being love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are fruit or outward signs that people are filled with the Holy Spirit. Alongside this we will be exploring the congregation’s purpose of growing Disciples who Exalt, Explore, Embody, Engage. This week we will be looking at peace and embody. How can we find peace in this time of worry and anxiety. What does peace look like and how can we experience it In Genesis we find the Israelites under Isaac can only make peace with Abimelech and the Philistines when they hand things over to God. In Philippians we see the intertwining of joy and peace and Paul’s admonishment to rejoice always. For us to be at peace we need to live it, to embody it everyday regardless of our circumstances.

TALK 

- How would you describe peace? 

- When have you felt peace?

- What takes your peace away or blocks you from having peace?

- Can you name some people who you think are peaceful?

- How can you have peace in all circumstances?

- How would you relate peace to being a Fruit of the Spirit?

- What can you explore to help your peace to grow?

PRAY 

Prayer of praise and adoration (using our bible reading for today)

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Amen

14 June 2020 - 

Fruit of the Spirit: Joy  

Congregational purpose : Growing disciples who Explore

LISTEN & WATCH (songs, sermon & video) 

Sermon - [https://youtu.be/0-c_5E8emos](https://youtu.be/0-c_5E8emos/)

Worship Playlist - [https://tinyurl.com/y9b6qs4c](https://tinyurl.com/y9b6qs4c/)

Please note: due to technical difficulties the prayers and bible readings are audio only with a graphic this week

READ  

Galatians 5:22 - 23;

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 10-12

Romans 5:1-11

This week we continue the series on the Fruits of the Spirit. The fruits of the Spirit are described in Galatians 5:22-23 as being love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. These are fruit or outward signs that people are filled with the Holy Spirit. Alongside this we will be exploring the congregation’s purpose of growing Disciples who Exalt, Explore, Embody, Engage. This week we will be looking at joy and explore. Joy is a fruit of the Spirit. Joy is different to being happy or glad. It flows from being and doing who God made us to be. In Nehemiah the Israelites re-discover God’s word and rejoice (re-joy) as a result. In Romans we discover joy is important and unique and flows from our relationship with God. For us to discover joy we need to know God and his word and so qwe explore his word.

TALK 

- How would you describe joy? 

- When have you felt joyful?

- What takes your joy away or blocks you from having joy?

- Can you name some people who you think are joyful?

- Is joy about how you feel or is it different to that?

- How would you relate joy to being a Fruit of the Spirit?

- What can you explore to help your joy to grow?

PRAY 

Prayer of praise and adoration

Lord we come to you knowing bthe truth of the psalmist as we share Psalm 100 together

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Prayer of Confession 

Dear God,

We confess our need for you, for your Spirit to fill our lives afresh with great joy and strength. The hard times can often leave us feeling dry and defeated. We’ve been weary and burdened. We’ve struggled through for so long, it’s hard to see light at the end of the tunnel anymore. Would you please give us a glimpse of your goodness again, reminding us that you have never left us and that you have promised to see us through. Thank you for your faithfulness Lord. Forgive us for not trusting you, for buying into the lies of the enemy, and not focusing on what we know to be true from your word. Breathe your joy and peace into our lives again, cover us in the shadow of your wings, shine the light of your truth over us.

A short silence to reflect on these words

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS:

The good news is that all who trust in Jesus will have their sins forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life. May you experience the joy and hope of these words that in and through Jesus Christ our sins are forgiven.

Thanks be to God!

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