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Infuse | Peace

September 15, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 3 of 9 in the Infuse | Galatians 5:22-24

We are compelled by God’s LOVE and the FREEDOM offered in Jesus to infuse our relationships with the mind of Christ. As the Spirit of God directs our life, we take on the CHARACTER of the Spirit. This Fall we will ask God to INFUSE in us the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Christ through the Holy Spirit!

Listen to Infuse PEACE
September 15, 2013| Brad Murphy
Galatians 5:22-24, 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; 6:1-2; Romans 5:1-11

Infusion vs. Transfusion

How can we have peace with God and with others? By welcoming the salvation of God and experiencing the reconciliation offered in Christ. This weeks big idea, A Peace Infusion From a Sin Transfusion reminds us that Jesus Christ, the one who knew no sin, became sin for us. God transfused our sin upon Himself so that he could infuse his peace unto us.

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
– 2 Corinthians 5:21

That great exchange, brings peace to the weary, hope to the worn down, and life to the complacent.

Infuse | Joy

September 8, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 2 of 9 in the Infuse | Galatians 5:22-24

We are compelled by God’s LOVE and the FREEDOM offered in Jesus to infuse our relationships with the mind of Christ. As the Spirit of God directs our life, we take on the CHARACTER of the Spirit. This Fall we will ask God to INFUSE in us the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Christ through the Holy Spirit!

Listen to Infuse JOY
September 8, 2013 | Brad Murphy
Galatians 5:22-24, Luke 10:17-24

Restore Joy!

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
-J.D. Salinger

Are quotes like this an excuse to be grumpy Christ followers. I think so.

“I don’t have to be happy right now, but I have the joy of God.” Really?

Aren’t joyful people happy? Isn’t that why you say they are joyful?

You can be one of those people.

Pastor Brad searched the New Testament and found that happy, joy, and blessedness are used interchangeably. The Joy God gives, by His Spirit, will help you be a happy person. Listen to this encouraging message to discover how to Restore Joy, the Real McCoy.

Infuse | Love

September 1, 2013 by Brad Murphy

This sermon is part 1 of 9 in the Infuse | Galatians 5:22-24

We are compelled by God’s LOVE and the FREEDOM offered in Jesus to infuse our relationships with the mind of Christ. As the Spirit of God directs our life, we take on the CHARACTER of the Spirit. This Fall we will ask God to INFUSE in us the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Christ through the Holy Spirit!

Listen to Infuse LOVE
September 1, 2013 | Brad Murphy
Galatians 5

God’s love expression is our freedom possession.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -Romans 5:8

God, in Christ Jesus, set us free from the weight of sin and shame. That is how he showed us His love! How do we demonstrate Love? How can we follow those difficult commands of scripture to “Love our enemies,” to “consider other’s better than ourselves?” We must cultivate love in the soil of our own freedom. Through our main point, Freedom Possessed is Love Expressed, you will be encouraged to pursue God’s freedom for yourself, so that you can be free to love others.

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