GBC Community Update: Growing fruit takes exercise

​Good morning. I hope you’re making this a great week! So much for summer!  Our reprieve from fall (and coming winter!) is over. There really is a certain inevitability to the seasons. It’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’. This speaks to what’s in our control and what isn’t. Seek to impact the things that are, and leave the rest to God.  Enjoy fall!
 
 
‘The Dawn of Redemption’ A series on the book of Luke. Join us Sunday
We continue our fall series on the book of Luke. We are looking carefully at this key book in the months to come as we examine Doctor Luke’s gospel so we may have certainty in what we believe.  In this particular series of passages we look at God’s plan to bring salvation to the world.
This Sunday Pastor Dan will be wrapping up chapter 1 by looking at the birth of John the Baptist and his father Zechariah’s response. What does this mean and what does this mean for us? Join us Sunday and find out.
If you want to prepare, please read Luke 1:57-80.
If you can’t make it, you can connect through our website:  
www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE
 
 
Thought for the day: Growing fruit takes exercise!
Paul reminds us in 1 Timothy 4 that we are to train ourselves to be Godly.  This means that growing the fruit of the Spirit is like growing a muscle. The muscle is already a part of us but we have to choose to use it if we want to see any growth. We have to exercise faith and believe that we have everything we need for growth. When we exercise our ‘spiritual muscles’ the resulting growth will make us more compassionate, more empathetic, kinder, more joyful, more peaceful, and gentler, with the common strand of love. That’s the Fruit of the Spirit!  As we choose to seek to mature, we’ll see evidence of this growth and the impact it makes on others. Here’s an important point though: growing the Fruit of the Spirit relies on the Holy Spirit producing His fruit in us, with the Holy Spirit's power making changes in our lives day by day. Seek, and then work, to BUILD your fruit!
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris