July 16, 2023

 Welcome from Brown Chapel/Avant & Mt. Pleasant

Prayer: Rev. Pelton

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26 - Keep in Step with the Spirit 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[a] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do[b] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 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. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Subject: Living Our Lives by the Spirit

• The Fruit of the Spirit work to guide us positively.
• There is a grave difference between the fleshly goals and the Fruit of the Spirit.
• Our God created everything.
• Genesis 1:12 - And the earth brough forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
• We as humans manufacture impure things. 
• We must get to know Jesus for ourselves. 
• Are we humans hopeless? God says "NO!" We must be born again.
• We are completely dependent om the Holy Spirit for produce good fruit.
• Matthew 7:17-19 - 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
• If we produce good fruit we should pass it on the next person or generation. In other words, man should be fruitful and multiply.
• True believers do not sow hatred, name calling, deceit, lies, etc.
• Love is the first fruit. 1 Corinthians13:13 - Faith, hope & love. The greatest of these is love.
• John 3:16-18 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Roll Call:

Pastor Baggett

Rev. Pelton

Debra & Marceal W.

Willie & Bonnie T.

Clark M.

Violet W.

Thelma W.

Ginger R.

Rhonda L.

Closing Prayer: Pastor Baggett