╬ “Fruit of the Spirit” God has been praised as the one who “meets us where we are, but refuses to leave us there.” God gathers us and forms us as the Body of Christ in the world, but then does not simply send us out to make it or break it on our own. Rather, this God of grace and creativity fills us with gifts of the Spirit: capacities, talents, strengths and abilities that serve us in service to the Kingdom work of God. The gifts of God are called the “fruit of the Spirit” because they are intended to bear fruit in fulfilling the unifying, healing vision of God. Each one of us is blessed with these spiritual gifts in unique ways, for the sake of the world, and to the glory of God, giver of all gifts!
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday, August 28 … we continue our focus on the Body of Christ as we explore the way God blesses us with Spiritual gifts.
╬ “Fruit of the Spirit” God has been praised as the one who “meets us where we are, but refuses to leave us there.” God gathers us and forms us as the Body of Christ in the world, but then does not simply send us out to make it or break it on our own. Rather, this God of grace and creativity fills us with gifts of the Spirit: capacities, talents, strengths and abilities that serve us in service to the Kingdom work of God. The gifts of God are called the “fruit of the Spirit” because they are intended to bear fruit in fulfilling the unifying, healing vision of God. Each one of us is blessed with these spiritual gifts in unique ways, for the sake of the world, and to the glory of God, giver of all gifts!
╬ “Fruit of the Spirit” God has been praised as the one who “meets us where we are, but refuses to leave us there.” God gathers us and forms us as the Body of Christ in the world, but then does not simply send us out to make it or break it on our own. Rather, this God of grace and creativity fills us with gifts of the Spirit: capacities, talents, strengths and abilities that serve us in service to the Kingdom work of God. The gifts of God are called the “fruit of the Spirit” because they are intended to bear fruit in fulfilling the unifying, healing vision of God. Each one of us is blessed with these spiritual gifts in unique ways, for the sake of the world, and to the glory of God, giver of all gifts!
