Last week we saw how the religious legalist glories in the flesh; this week we see how Paul glories in Christ.
The idea of ‘glorying in Christ’ sounds super spiritual and like a really good idea. We think ‘I want to glory in Christ’ and ‘as a Christian that sounds like something I should do’…but what does it  mean, exactly?
We will be encouraged today to discover that we can glory in Christ & his cross everyday. There are some very simple, practical things we can do to ensure we are finding our glory in the right place.
Let's take a look...

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The religious find their glory in the flesh. Their ministries are motivated by how others see them, how others treat them, and how others behave.
Today is a big 'watch out!'
'Watch out!' We might know someone like this.
'Watch out!' We might become someone like this.

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'We reap what we sow' is something we've all probably thought or said in the past, but how does this truth help us grow our faith and enjoy our relationship with God?
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There are a few topics in life that we don't like to talk about. Society says we shouldn’t bring these up at a dinner party, we shouldn’t discuss them in the taxi and we shouldn’t chat about them at the hairdressers. The list includes politics, the birds and the bees, death, & religion... but maybe at the top of this list is money.
Are you ready to hear a sermon about money? Doesn't that sound terrible? And what's worse, we're going to hear that it is God’s will for us to give some of our money to our pastor and his ministry!
And even worse than that - God thinks we should give more than just our money to our pastor for the sake of his work. There can’t be that many bible lessons we want to hear less than this one.
Is everyone sitting uncomfortably? Then we shall begin…

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-Gimme 3 times I can pull my weight at church and know I am being a huge help to the ministry there.
-Ok.

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Over the last few weeks we have been looking at the fruit of the Spirit - and doesn’t it look delicious? A life filled with love, joy, peace & all the others…
One of the things we have seen is that, simply, this is THE FRUIT of THE SPIRIT. We can’t manufacture it ourselves, it is dependent on the Holy Spirit.
But that doesn’t mean we are not involved in its production.
As we finish up our mini-series here, the question we need to answer is: how will we choose to walk?

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Packing for a camping trip in England is interesting; you have to pack for every eventuality.
(There can’t be that many holiday destinations where you consider taking wellies, suncream, your swimsuit and a wooly hat.)
Life as a Christian is similar. We like to be ready, but that can be tricky when we do not know what tests, opportunities & attacks are waiting around the corner.
This is where our next 3 slices of the fruit come in…
In the same way that good packing can prepare us for any eventuality on a camping trip, taking faith, meekness and temperance with us will prepare us for any eventuality in life. 
Whatever our lives have in store for us, we will be ready if we bring these 3 slices along.

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We have all probably been told at some point in our lives that we should treat people how we want to be treated. (Most likely we heard that as a telling off when we were children!)
Whilst that it true, today's lesson will put ‘how we should treat each other’ in a different light...
As we dig into what the bible tells us about today’s 3 slices, we will understand the longsuffering, gentleness and goodness that God has shown towards us. This will allow us to conclude that we should not just treat people as we wanted to be treated, rather we should treat people how God has treated (and continues to treat) us.
Let's jump on in...

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If we took a poll of all everyone in the world and asked ‘who wants a life full of love, joy and peace?’ I’m pretty sure everyone would put their hand up.
If we then asked ‘who has a life full of love, joy and peace?’ The number to raise their hand would be much fewer.
So what are love, joy & peace? What does it look like when someone has them? And how can we get them to grow in our lives?
Let's take a look...

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How does this fruit of the Spirit thing work?
Let's take a look...

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