Week 7 – “Be Like Jesus, Part Week 7 – “Be Like Jesus, Part 1”1”

John 15:1John 15:1

““I am the true vine, and my Father I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.”is the gardener.”

John 15:5John 15:5

““I am the vine; you are the I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”nothing.”

John 15:9-10John 15:9-10

““As the Father has loved me, so As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my have I loved you. Now remain in my love.love.1010 If you obey my commands, If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love”commands and remain in his love”

John 15:12John 15:12

““My command is this: Love each My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you”other as I have loved you”

John 15:11John 15:11

I have told you this so that my joy I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.may be complete.

John 15:8John 15:8

This is to my Father’s glory, that This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciplesyourselves to be my disciples

Galatians 5:22Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness...goodness...

LOVE: LOVE: I unconditionally and I unconditionally and sacrificially love and forgive sacrificially love and forgive others.others.

Fruit OneFruit One

1 John 4:10-121 John 4:10-12

This is love: not that we loved God, This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. sins. 1111 Dear friends, since God so Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one loved us, we also ought to love one another. another. 1212 No one has ever seen No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.complete in us.

JOY: JOY: I have inner contentment I have inner contentment and purpose in spite of my and purpose in spite of my circumstances.circumstances.

Fruit TwoFruit Two

John 15:11John 15:11

I have told you this so that my joy I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be in you and that your joy may be completemay be complete

Philippians 4:12Philippians 4:12

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.whether living in plenty or in want.

PEACE: PEACE: I am free from anxiety I am free from anxiety because things are right between because things are right between God, others and myself.God, others and myself.

Fruit ThreeFruit Three

Philippians 4:6-7Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. your requests to God. 77 And the And the peace of God, which transcends all peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Jesus.

PATIENCE: PATIENCE: I take a long time to I take a long time to overheat and endure patiently overheat and endure patiently under the unavoidable pressures under the unavoidable pressures of life.of life.

Fruit FourFruit Four

Proverbs 14:9Proverbs 14:9

A patient man has great A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays follytempered man displays folly

KINDNESS/GOODNESS: KINDNESS/GOODNESS: I I choose to do the right things in choose to do the right things in my relationships with others.my relationships with others.

Fruit FiveFruit Five

1 Thessalonians 1 Thessalonians 5:155:15

Make sure that nobody pays back Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to be kind to each other and to everyone elseeveryone else

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