Do you ever feel like there are two competing forces waging war within you as you try to follow Jesus? Do you ever feel a gap between what you want your discipleship to look like and the actual lived reality of your day-to-day life?
Galatians 5 gives weight to this battle within us, telling us about these two competing forces with competing desires - the Spirit and the flesh. And the invitation for all of us as followers of Jesus is to crucify the flesh and cultivate the fruit.
This series will take nine weeks to walk through the Fruit of the Spirit we are called to cultivate, as we examine the life and teachings of Jesus and how the Fruit of the Spirit was evident in His life.
To help facilitate LifeGroup discussion, we'll be posting resources for each week of the series.
Week 1: Love in a Time of Self-Interest
Week 2: Peace in a Time of Anxiety
Week 3: Kindness in a Time of Polarization
Week 4: Patience in a Time of Irritability
Week 5: Goodness in a Time of Brokenness
Week 6: Gentleness in a Time of Harshness
Week 7: Faithfulness in a Time of Compromise
Week 8: Joy in a Time of Cynicism
Week 9: Self-Control in a time of Self-Fulfillment