Scaling the Mountain
Fruitful Marriages, Fruitful Relationships
Galatians 5:19–21 (NIV)
19 Now the actions of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, promiscuity,20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions, 21 envy, murder, drunkenness, wild partying, and things like that. I am telling you now, as I have told you in the past, that people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:22–23 (NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
This series is an action plan,
with the key word being - ACTION
The cost of action is time.
The means of action is self-discipline and focus.
1 Corinthians 9:27b (NIV)
27b . . . I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.
The key to action is persistence.
Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
James 1:22–24 (NIV)
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
