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As we continue our series exploring how the life of the Holy Spirit transforms us into the image of God, this Sunday we take a look at peace, a characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit. The call to be "peacemakers" stands between two false alternatives we see around us and throughout history: on the one hand, justice through violence and destruction; on the one other hand, peace in spite of oppression.

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We are in the middle of a 12 week series exploring how the life of the Holy Spirit transforms us into the image of God. This Sunday we take a look at the first characteristic of the fruit of the Spirit: love. We see, through the Apostle Paul’s words, what love is and isn't. Paul warns us that the evidence of love in one's life is primarily not charisma (gifts of the Spirit), but character (a life that is rooted and reflects Jesus).

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We are in the middle of a 12 week series exploring how the life of the Holy Spirit transforms us into the image of God. Today we  explore Paul's comparison of the works of the flesh to the fruit (singular) of the Spirit. This agricultural image is intentional. The transformation of a Christian is like a seed planted in the ground -- it is organic, it is gradual, it requires the attention of the Great Gardner and it will bear fruit.

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We are in the middle of a 12 week series exploring how the life of the Holy Spirit transforms us into the image of God. This week Stan showed us what walking in the Spirit actually means. We looked at specific ways that we see the Holy Spirit at work in us. Scripture promises that this 'fruit' will be the natural growth of any believer walking hand in hand with the Spirit. It is organic growth from the inside out, not a forced behavioral change.

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Last Sunday we began a 12 week series exploring how the life of the Holy Spirit transforms us into the image of God. The work of the Spirit in one’s life can be described as organic growth. The heart must be able to receive the word of God. We will look at the different soils (hearts of man) and how each responds to the words of Jesus. Which soil are you?

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This Sunday we begin a new 12 week series exploring how the life of the Holy Spirit transforms us into the image of God. Before we can understand the call to bear fruit, we must get a picture of Jesus, the True Vine, and what it means to be connected to Him. Our life-source must come from Him. What does Jesus mean when He says “He is the True Vine”? How can we remain connected to Him? If the Spirit is truly in us, how will we live and how will the world see us?

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On Easter Sunday, we conclude our series studying Jesus' dependence on the Holy Spirit in is his life, death, and resurrection. This week we celebrate Jesus' resurrection! The way Jesus approached his scared and doubting followers after he rose from the grave says much. Here is a tender savior who accepted people where they were, being patient and gentle with them. He did what we couldn't so that he could take us by the hand and lead us in the same way.

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This Sunday we continue our series leading up to Easter looking at Jesus' dependence on the Holy Spirit in his life, death, and resurrection. Today we inspect what Jesus' death says about him. This is the story of a person who has entered fully into our particular human experience to the utmost, and who, out of love, forfeited the most precious thing God has given to those who bear His image: His animating, energizing Spirit, the breath that gives life to all of creation.

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We are beginning a new series leading up to Easter looking at Jesus' dependence on the Holy Spirit in his life, death, and resurrection. This week we explore Jesus' life and his childlike dependence and childlike wonder. We despise and avoid the limits of our humanity, but the good news is that we are now enamored by a King who, though he was equal in status with God, did not count that as something to be grasped, but humbled himself to the point of death on a cross.

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This week we explored the Holy Spirit as life giving water. In scripture we hear God comparing His abundant life to a river of living water, bringing places in our lives that were once dead back to life. Ezekiel's vision shows us what it looks like to abandon ourselves in the river of the Holy Spirit—to experience the fullness of the Spirit instead of just knowing the Spirit.

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