Fruit of the Spirit: Part 7 - 'Semper Fi'

This Sunday, Simon Lace brings us the talk in the latest of our EBC services. We encourage you to reflect on the bible text and join us in the prayer that follows below.
 
Here are some questions to consider:

Readings:

Galatians chapter 5 verses 22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.


Revelation chapter 3 verse 20

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.



Prayer and Reflection:

Loving God, thank you that you are so faithful in your great love for us. Thank you for your assurance that you will never leave us or forsake us. Thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit and we ask that we would be fruitful, even if that means that you must sometimes prune us and even if that can be painful. Father we say sorry for the times when we have run from you and we are grateful for your kindness, your patience and forgiveness, as you welcome us back into your loving arms every time.

Thank you, Lord. Amen.



Questions to Consider

1. Can you think of a great example of faithfulness that you have observed or experienced?
2. Thinking of the people in your own life, to whom are you faithful? Who is faithful to you?
3. What value do you place on faithfulness?
4. In terms of faithfulness as being real and genuine, true-to-the-original, what do you make of the idea that we are made in God’s image?
5. What mars that image (of God in us)?
6. What could you do to spend more time with God?
7. What do you think of the idea that producing the fruits of the Spirit within us is God’s work, not ours?