Living for Christ | Minister Chris Searcy | 06.26.22

 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;

¹⁵ and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

¹⁶ Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

¹⁸ Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

¹⁹ that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰ …we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

²¹ For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

 

A New Creation: Living for Christ

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

Here we see that one of the outcomes of the gospel and new birth is the reorientation of life.

The believer no longer lives or thinks for himself but in accordance with God’s divine plan of joy, fulfillment, and purpose. To live for Christ, we must live from Christ.

 

A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST

…if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…(2 Corinthians 5:17)

 

This is an incredible and freeing revelation of the born-again.

 

Why?

 

We may feel bogged down with condemnation and shame, yet heaven declares that we are a new creation in Christ, because of Christ.

 

Paul declares: All things have become new

 

- It is good to be refreshed in the beautiful truths of the gospel. -

 

This is a teaching and a principle that many Christians learn early on in Sunday service or children’s church, due to the passage of time it can be forgotten.

 

However, the Apostle Paul calls this principle back to memory continually because it preserves him in his walk-in sanctification.

 

In our walk it is easy to fall into the cycle of wandering off the path of the gospel and denying holiness or the pursuit of holiness. Or on the flip side we fall into legalism and begin to believe that through our works we earn God’s Grace, Love, and Mercy.

 

This passage seeks to reorient us!

 

in Christ – When the believer is “in Christ” the Father sees their life as Jesus’ life

 

What does that mean:

 

1.     The Father sees our life as Jesus’ life.

a.     We no longer have to bring spotless animals before God as a sacrifice for sin, because, when God sees us, he see’s Christs righteous blood covering us.

 

2.     We are granted full access into the divine relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (John 17:20-26).

a.     Through Prayer and the Holy Spirit, we can approach the throne of Grace.

 

 

3.     Our inheritance and future are guaranteed and protected in the Kingdom

(Colossians 1:13)

a.     The Born-again Believer is never going to Die!

                                               i.     John 10:28-30

²⁸         I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

²⁹         My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

³⁰         I and the Father are one.

b.     We have an inheritance according to how we live our lives on this earth.

                                               i.     2 Corinthians 5:10.

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

c.     You can walk in full confidence that you will rule and reign with Christ for all of eternity in the new heavens and the new earth(s).

                                               i.     2 Timothy 2: 11-13

¹¹ The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him;


¹²   if we endure, we will also reign with Him;

¹³ If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself

 

4.     Our life is no longer our own, but under the authority of the King.

a.     Our life BELONGS TO GOD!

b.     The Gospel has bearing on every aspect of our life!

                                               i.     It has bearing on our work, mission, marriage, money, influence, sexuality, OPINION! Your opinion doesn’t matter. The opinion of the King is all that matters.

 

 

The beauty of the Christian faith is that at the moment of the salvation, the condition of the spirit is made entirely new.

 

However, the path to becoming fully sanctified takes the work of the holy Spirit over time.

The truth transforms the Christian from patterns of shame and condemnation to holiness.

 

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

(Romans 8:1)

 

THE OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW

 

… old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

(2 Corinthians 5:17)

 

We don’t have to work to victory in God, today we work from a place of victory in God!

We pursue Holiness from a place of victory in God!

We pursue righteous outward acts and deeds from a place of victory in God!

We love our families from a place of victory in God!

 

It changes everything! The battle has already been won!

 

We also adopt the opinions and ideologies of Christ.

 

Psalms 139:13-16

¹³ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

 

Our personal perspectives and opinions don’t matter. All that matters is the word of God!

 

            Everything Must be subject to the will, the word and to the purpose of God!

 

 

This profound truth grounds us in turbulent times!

 

BOLD DADDY | Bishop Kyle | Father's Day

BOLD DADDY

 

Revelation 2:18-23

¹⁸ “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

¹⁹ “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.

²⁰ Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

²¹ And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

²² Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

²³ I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

 

2 Kings 9:30-33

³⁰ Now when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked through a window.

³¹ Then, as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, “Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?”

³² And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

³³ Then he said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses; and he trampled her underfoot

 

I.               GOD IS INTO AUTHORITY

1.     Creations Hierarchy

a.     God

b.     Angels

c.     Humans

d.     Man

e.     Women

f.      Children

g.     Pets

 

 

II.              SATAN SEEKS TO MANIPULATE THE USE OR OUR AUTHORITY

Ex. Serpent in the Garden

1.     Jezebel is primary Satanic Influence

2.     Witchcraft is second

 

III.            HOW JEZEBEL ATTACKS AUTHORITY

1.     Against You

a.     Threats, Fear, Intimidation

1 Kings 19:1-4

¹ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword.

² Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” ³ And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

⁴ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers

 

b.     Control

Ex. Naboth’s Vineyard

“Jezebel,” literally translated, means “without cohabitation.”

 

2.     Through You

a.     Manipulation

Ex. Painted her face

 

b.     Immorality & Idolatry

Seduce to commit immorality Thyatira

Proverbs 6:26

²⁶ For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life

 

IV.            HOW TO RESIST IT

 

B – Believer. (Paul)

 

Romans 10:9-10

⁹ That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

¹⁰ For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation

 

2 Corinthians 13:5

⁵ Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified

 

 

 

O – Oiled. (Stephen)

 

Matthew 25: 1-13

 

Acts 1:7-8

⁷ It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. ⁸ But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth

 

Ephesians 5:18

¹⁸ And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit

L – Lover.  (David)

 

 Psalm 18:1

¹ I will love You, O Lord, my strength

 

Psalm 42:1-2

¹ As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.

² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

 

Psalm 27:4

⁴ One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple

D – Daring. (Johnathan)

Proverbs 28:1

¹ The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

 

1 Corinthians 16:13

¹³ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong

 

D – Dispatcher. (John)

Matthew 26:52-54

⁵² But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

⁵³ Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵⁴ How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus.

 

 

 

 

 

Acts 12:5-10

⁵Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

⁶ And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

⁷ Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. ⁸ Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.”

⁹ So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

¹⁰ When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

 

A – Appreciative. (Barnabus) Apostolic…

Philippians 4:6-7

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 
D – Duplicatable. (Timothy)

1 Corinthians 11:1

¹ Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ

 

2 Timothy 2:1-2

¹ You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus

²And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also

D – Determined. (Daniel)

Daniel 1:8

⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

 

Y – Yielded.  (Jesus)

Romans 6:16

¹⁶ Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness

 

 

Hammer Time

Judges 4:1-24

When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD. 2  So the LORD

sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his

army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim. 3  And the children of Israel cried out to the

LORD; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly

oppressed the children of Israel.

4  Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time. 5  And she

would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of

Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 6  Then she sent and called for

Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not the LORD God of

Israel commanded, ‘Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of

the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun; 7  and against you I will deploy Sisera, the

commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will

deliver him into your hand’?” 8  And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but

if you will not go with me, I will not go!” 9  So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless

there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the

hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. 10  And Barak called

Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and

Deborah went up with him. 11  Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law

of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree

at Zaanaim, which is beside Kedesh. 12  And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of

Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. 13  So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine

hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to

the River Kishon.

14  Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera

into your hand. Has not the LORD gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount

Tabor with ten thousand men following him. 15  And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots

and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot

and fled away on foot. 16  But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth

Hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.

17  However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for

there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 18  And Jael

went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.”

And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.

19  Then he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened

a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him. 20  And he said to her, “Stand at the door of the

tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, ‘Is there any man here?’ you shall say,

‘No.’ ”

21  Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly

to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast

asleep and weary. So he died. 22  And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him,

and said to him, “Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her

tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.

23  So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel.

24  And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of

Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan

Jer 23:29

“Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces

Eccl 12:11

The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they

are given by one Shepherd. (ESV)

I. THE HAMMER

THE STORY

Canaanites- symbolizes flesh- natural life

Jabin - King

Sisera - General

Deborah- a bee from Hebrew word “dabar”- to arrange, speak, subdue.

Lapidoth- “to shine like a lamp”

Sat under a palm tree -

- Sat between Ramah and Bethel in Ephram

a. Ramah- high place (seat of idolatry)

b. Bethel- house of God

c. Ephraim- double fruit

1. Deborah released the Hammer with her Prophetic Word

2. Jael released the Hammer with hammer and goad

II. WORDS

1. Decade of the Mouth.

5782 Peh – Mouth

2. Decree A thing shall be established. Job 22:28

3. You are a speaking spirit.

Gen 1:27

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male

and female He created them

Mar 11:13-14

And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He

would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves,

for it was not the season for figs. 14  In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat

fruit from you ever again

.

Mar 11:20-24

Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the

roots 21  And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which

You cursed has withered away.” 22  So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have

faith in God. 23  For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be

removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes

that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24  Therefore

I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive

them, and you will have them.

4. The Spirit World waits for words to act

a. Spoken words are unseen vibrations – They travel through space in a wave

state and have a frequency. A frequency is how many waves it makes in a

certain wave length.

b. The smallest building blocks of matter also exist in a wave state and have a

certain frequency.

c. All matter is made up of a vibrations or the wavelengths are the energy of

the very spoken word of God.

5. Words aligned with heart accomplish great things

Rom 10:9-10

That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that

God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10  For with the heart one

believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto

salvation

6. Little Tongue can Do Big Things

James 3:3-5

Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their

whole body. 4  Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by

fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.

5  Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a

forest a little fire kindles

III. HOW TO USE OUR WORDS

Jer 1:9-10

“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 See, I have this day set you over the

nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to

throw down, To build and to plant

1. Root Out – remove and drive out

2. Pull Down – Tear down, break up and demolish

3. Destroy – Become lost, go astray, die (never to rise again)

4. Throw Down

5. Build

6. Plant

Sow to Grow | Pastor Fred Adetunji

Sow to Grow

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you

do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do

equally well.

Genesis 8:22

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and

winter, day and night will never cease

What Does it Mean to Sow?

To plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth:

What Can We Sow?

1. Money

Deuteronomy 8:18 

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God; for it is He that giveth thee power to

get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore unto thy fathers,

as it is this day.

2 Corinthians 9:10

New King James Version

Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and

multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

New Living Translation

For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the

same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great

harvest of generosity in you.

2. Yourself through the fruits of the Spirit

Fruit of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

3. Love

 The world define love as romance or a warm feeling, but love is not based

on what we feel, but rather what we do. 

 Love is self-sacrifice, it is about putting others’ needs before our own,

following Jesus’ example and humbling ourselves as servants.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is

not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not

brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 

4. Joy

 Joy is more than a temporary happiness; joy is lasting 

 Is not based emotional reaction to our circumstances 

 It is an active choice of attitude

As followers of Christ, we rejoice, because in him, we have redemption. 

Psalm 94:18-19

“When I say, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your mercy, LORD, holds me up. When cares

increase within me, your comfort gives me joy.” 

Joy comes when you know you have eternal hope in Christ

5. Peace

This world is full of strife and division, frustrated by sin and evil. As Christians, we

are not spared from sin’s effects on the world, but we are able to take our worries

to God through prayer.

 Philippians 4:6-7

 “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with

thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that

surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” 

John 16:33

“I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will

have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” 

6. Patience

As Christians, we are called to be patient, especially with our brothers and sisters

in the church.

Colossians 3:12-13 

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion,

kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and

forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has

forgiven you, so must you also do.”

As some of us struggle to practice patience and forgiveness, we look to God,

who is patient with us even as we continue to fall into habits of sin.

 1 Peter 3:9 

“The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard ‘delay,’ but he is patient

with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to

repentance.”

James 5:7-8

“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer

waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient with it until it receives the

early and the late rains. You too must be patient. Make your hearts firm, because

the coming of the Lord is at hand.” 

7. Kindness

Kindness is looking beyond our interests to the interests of others. It often

requires going out of our way or setting aside things that may seem important. It

means not being wicked to your enemies. 

Luke 6:35-36

“But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing

back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for

he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as [also] your

Father is merciful.” 

Titus 3:4-5

“But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not

because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved

us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit.”  

Romans 2:3-4

“Do you suppose, then, you who judge those who engage in such things and yet do

them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you hold his

priceless kindness, forbearance, and patience in low esteem, unaware that the

kindness of God would lead you to repentance?”

8. Goodness 

 Goodness means uprightness of heart and life. Being honorable, charitable

and giving. 

 We need to be generous with what we have.

Romans 12:8

“Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise

them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith; if ministry, in ministering; if one is a

teacher, in teaching; if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in

generosity…”

Philippians 4:19

We are not to worry about having enough; we should share both out of our

abundance and our need, and God will not let us go without. 

God blesses us so that we in turn might bless others. We should also give with

an open heart, not reluctantly.

2 Corinthians 9:7-9

“Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God

loves a cheerful giver. Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for

you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance

for every good work.”

9. Faithfulness

As Christians, we are called to be faithful to Him who is always faithful to us. If we

are faithful in the small things, God will reward us 

Matthew 25:22-23 

“The one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you

gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well

done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will

give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’” 

When we make an effort to be faithful God sees and help us

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

10. Gentleness 

Gentleness is a character of Jesus that every Christian must have 

Matthew 11:28-29 

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take

my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you

will find rest for yourselves.

As a child of God people should not be afraid to come to you

James 3:16-17

“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul

practice. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle,

compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity.”

1 Peter 3:15-16  

“Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for

your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear,

so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ

may themselves be put to shame.”

11. Self-Control

Self-control is one of the difficult fruit to cultivate It could be your anger, your

appetite or emotions but with the help of the HS

2 Timothy 1:7 

“For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and

self-control.” 

 Proverbs 15:1 

A mild answer turns back wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”