SERMON NOTES

Fruit of the Spirit AND Gifts of the Sprit

Galatians 5 & 1 Corinthians 12

Encounter Night Wed, Sept 30 at 6:30pm

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:22-23
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control…

GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

APPLICATION QUESTIONS:

1. What’s your church experience like when it comes to the teaching of the Holy Spirit?
2. When it comes to ‘fruit of the Spirit,’ where have you grown and where do you still need God’s help?
3. When did you last experience a gift of the Spirit in/through you?
4. How can you walk with Jesus to experience more growth (fruit) and see more power (gifts)?

SERMON AUDIO