First Lutheran Podcast

Today we wrap up the Fruit of the Spirit study. We look at Faithfulness, Gentleness, & Self- Control. I hope each of you has a wonderful rest of your Advent Season!

This week we discuss Goodness and look at the Good Samaritan. There are three clear things to learn from this generous man! Next week, we'll wrap up our study on the Fruit of the Spirit.

Join us this week as we jump back into our discussion about the fruit of the spirit. This week, we cover Kindness!

Join us for a second interview with Pastor Ernesto! In this interview, Pastor Ernesto shares a little bit more about his family, his process of being called to ordained ministry and his Camino de Santiago journey.

Today we have the great pleasure of getting to know Pastor Ernesto Medina a little bit better! Take a listen to get to know Pastor Ernesto's heart toward ministry and spreading the Good News of Jesus.

When I wrote this podcast, I assumed we would know the election results by now! This podcast looks at the next fruit of the Spirit - patience - in light of the election. Listen as we look at a couple of different Bible passages and discuss ways we can build bridges moving forward.

I'm excited to talk about peace today. In this week's word study, we'll see how peace is used as a greeting/farewell, as a product of trusting in God, as a path to Jesus, and as a bond of unity. I hope this will move you to spend some time praying through how you'd like to see peace manifested in your own life through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Today we move onto a new fruit of the spirit. The second fruit is JOY! What a fabulous word to study and learn a little bit more about. I think we can all use a little more joy right now. We will read about joy in the Psalms, Matthew, and Acts.

Today begins a new series on Galatians 5:22-23! Galatians 5:22-23 reads, "By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things." Each week, we'll take a look at each of the fruit of the spirit. This week we're going to study love as the first fruit of the spirit listed in this passage.

Join us this week as we look at Luke 5:12-16 and Ecclesiastes 3. These passages are great reminders about what's important in life as well as ways to navigate what we're experiencing right now.