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Christian
character
Training
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22 If the Holy Spirit controls your life, He
will produce in you love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 23
meekness and temperance.
Galatians 522-23
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Produce is GROWN!
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FRUITFULNESS
was
GOD'S original intention
Man
for
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God
still wants
us
FRUITFUL
to be
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14 Some Christians never really grow up
spiritually.
Hebrews 514
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14 Some Christians never really grow up
spiritually. But the deeper truths of the Spirit
are for those who are maturethat is, for those
who through constant practice have their
spiritual senses carefully trained to discern
between good and evil.
Hebrews 514
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1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the
vinedresser. 2Every branch in Me that does not
bear fruit He takes away and every branch that
bears fruit He prunes, that it maybear more
fruit.
John 151-2
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Pruning is TRAINING for fruitfulness!
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Fruitfulness means CHRIST-LIKENESS
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Its a PROCESS, not an instant miracle!
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2 Peter 13-4

• 4 By His mighty power, He has given us all of
  His rich and wonderful promises. He has promised
  that you will escape the decadence all around you
  caused by evil desires and that you will share in
• His divine nature!

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Psalm 11971

• The difficulty You brought me through was good
  for me, for it taught me to pay attention to Your
  principles.

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Its all an important part of their
training!Its all just a test!
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Were not trying to break them
Were trying to MAKE them into what they really
want to become!
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Remember their options?
1) Pass
2) START OVER!!!
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22 If the Holy Spirit controls your life, He
will produce in you love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 23
meekness and temperance.
Galatians 522-23
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Remember your options!!!
1) Pass
2) START OVER!!!
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2 Peter 15-8

• 5 Make every effort to apply the benefits of
  Gods promises to your life. Then your faith will
  produce a life of moral excellence. A life of
  moral excellence leads to knowing God better. 6
  Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control
  leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance
  leads to godliness.

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2 Peter 15-8

• 7 Godliness leads to love for other Christians, 
  and finally you will grow to have genuine love
  for everyone. 8The more you grow like this, the
  more you will become fruitful and useful in your
  knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Remember your options!!!
1) Pass
2) START OVER!!!
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1 Pet 16-7

• Greatly rejoice, even though now - for a little
  while - you may have to suffer difficulty and all
  kinds of trials.

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Remember your options!!!
1) Pass
2) START OVER!!!
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1 Pet 16-7

• These have come so that your faith which is of
  greater worth than gold which perishes--even
  though it is refined by fire may be proved
  genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor
  when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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Gods not trying to break you
Hes trying to MAKE you into what you really want
to become!
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1 Pet 412-13

• Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful
  trial you are suffering, as though something
  strange were happening to you.

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1 Pet 412-13

• But rejoice that you can participate in the
  sufferings of Christ, so that you may be
  overjoyed when His glory is revealed.

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Gods not trying to break you
Hes trying to MAKE you into what you really want
to become!
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Philippians 212-13

• you must be very careful to put into action
  Gods saving work in your lives, obeying God with
  deep reverence and respect. 13For God Himself is
  working in you, giving you the desire to obey Him
  and supplying the power necessary to do what
  pleases Him.

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Gal 69

• ... let us not get tired in doing what we know
  is right, for we will reap a harvest if we
  don't get discouraged and give up.

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Remember your options!!!
1) Pass
2) START OVER!!!
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Psalm 10519

• Until the NOW of his promise came, God tested
  Josephs character.

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1 Pet 16-7

• Greatly rejoice, even though now - for a little
  while - you may have to suffer difficulty and all
  kinds of trials.

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1 Pet 412-13

• But rejoice that you can participate in the
  sufferings of Christ, so that you may be
  overjoyed when His glory is revealed.

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Gal 69

• ... let us not get tired in doing what we know
  is right, for we will reap a harvest if we
  don't get discouraged and give up.

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Christian
character
Training