Papa B

Praising through the Fruit of the Spirit

24 July 2007, 7:29 am. No Comments. Filed under Churchity Stuff, Family.

Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

I realized recently that I could be doing a better job praising my children. Since my desire is for them to develop Godly characters and seek to seek Him in all their ways, I feel that I should foster in them the manifestation of the Spirit in their lives. To that end I’m going to Praise through the Fruit of the Spirit with them.

So when I see my eldest child being loving to her little sisters I’ll say “Thank you, One Potato, for showing love for your sister.” And when my third daughter is content with what she has to play with I’ll say “Thank you, Three Potato, for being peaceful.” And when my second child doesn’t glomp on her friends at church I’ll say “Two Potato, it really makes me proud when you have self-control.”

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance

23 July 2007, 10:51 am. No Comments. Filed under Churchity Stuff.

This is the outline for the sermon that I preached on July 15, 2007. Download and listen to the sermon Bear Fruit

  1. John and the Pharisees (Matt 3:1-8)
    1. Assuming best intentions, what where the Pharisees and Sadducees doing out there?
    2. How dare John say that to the leaders?
  2. Jesus vs. the Fig Tree (Matt 21:17-19)
    1. What good is a fig tree without figs?
    2. What are our leaves?
    3. Why didn’t the disciples ask about the tree?
  3. Tasty Fruit (Gal 5:22-23)
    1. The Fruit of the Spirit is not the works of the flesh.
    2. Does there have to be fruit? What if there isn’t? (Mat 3:10)
    3. The parable of the barren fig-tree (Luk 13:6-9)