healthy roots healthy and - the fruit of the spirit and mental health

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-we can do the work of God but not do the will of God

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Where are we rooted? It will define what we do think and say

If we don't like what we are thinking, doing, feeling.. we need to change our root

-God is always good

-the battle of the mind

-if we walk in the spirit, the flesh will not succeed

-many a times, we choose to walk in the middle... Both have a mind to the spirit and also of the world

   -Jesus won't be able to help us

-the fruit of the spirit is a growing process

-no self control.. not fully mature yet

   -will loose our peace

-love edures and forgive

   -can grow to joy.. joy cannot be taken away from people with love

   -can keep our peace.. knowing that God is in control

-stay faithful and unfaithful people

-stay gentle, kind and friendly to people like what Jesus did

-Jesus on the cross has self control... he could have left the cross

   -Jesus was also praying for those who were hurting him

-pruning is not painful, but deliverance

   -prune things that we don't want in our life

-we are the branches

   -on the branches, there are shoots

-remain in God... Remembering God

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-we will wither without fellowship

-growing in the fruit of the spirit

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-being busy all the time is the reason why people are struggling

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-not all busyness is bad

-busyness = a condition of the body having many things to do

-hurry = a condition of the soul

-Jesus was busy, but never in a hurry

-the walk of God cannot be hurried.. we can never rush for a deep relationship with God

-slowly and surely, our soul is conformed by the Holy Spirit.. and we learn preservarance, trust

-allow our hearts to enlarge bigger to receive more and more of God's love and share with others

-dont let our busyness push God to the edge

-love is unhurried

-hurry kills peace and joy

-slow down and simply find our life

-we need to have a support structure on our life

-4 support structures of slowing down

1. slowing

-detoxing from hurry

-declutter calendar. Make sure we have time for God

-by doing less, God can do more

2. solitude..wasting time with God

-carrying our cross with Jesus

-saying no to noise, and yes to our source to love

-not what we do but what we don't do

3. Silence

-making space to hear God

4. Prayer

-learning to wait for God

-patience in trails creates perfection

-God takes time to work

-love takes time

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cannot serve two masters

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-mammon = wealth, material things, money

   -has a unique attraction cos ppl with it has higher status and considered successful

-if we are serving God, which is money always the factor in our decision

-money is still important.. we need money to live and even to love God

   -but God must have the final say if God is our master

-money is not the deciding factor but faith is!

-without faith it is impossible to serve God

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-God will be our source

-mammon can lead us to places we never wanted to go, God will lead is in His presence

-God love us, mammon don't love us

-to serve God means to trust Him

-money is a good servant but not a good master

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-now the disciples not only witness miracles but to do ot

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-healing the sick, casting out the demons doesn't cost the disciples money

-Jesus is not only sensitive to His disciples but also the crowd

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-Jesus alr knew what is He is going to do, but ask Philip to test him

-Philip is overwhelmed by the cost

-God's plan is not limited to the amount of money in their pocket

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-Andrew is willing to take the risk even if he could be foolish

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-this time, the disciples reacted differently

-they finally understood that they can step into a new relm of possible if they serve God where worry has no place

Choose the serve God and not mammon!