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  • The Mark of Gentleness

    The Mark of Gentleness

    Pastor Gary Combs continues his series, “The 9 Marks of Authentic Christians” taken from the passage in Galatians on the fruit of the Spirit. This week he focuses on the mark of gentleness.

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  • The Mark of Faithfulness

    The Mark of Faithfulness

    Pastor Gary Combs continues his series on the fruit of the Spirit taken from Galatians. This week he focuses on the mark of faithfulness.

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  • The Mark of Goodness

    The Mark of Goodness

    Pastor Gary Combs continues his series from Galatians on the Fruit of the Spirit. This message takes a look at the mark of goodness.

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  • The Mark of Kindness

    The Mark of Kindness

    Pastor Gary continues his series, "The Nine Marks of Authentic Christians," taken from the fruit of the Spirit passage found in Galatians.

    This message is on kindness and is taken from Ephesians.

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  • The Mark of Patience

    The Mark of Patience

    Pastor Gary continues his series from the fruit of the Spirit.

    In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians he challenged them to live according to what they had received. He told them to “put off the old self” and to “put on the new self.” One of the marks of the new self that he told them to bear was the mark of patience. As Christ followers and as those who have received the gift of the Holy Spirit we can yield our lives to the Spirit’s calling and exhibit the mark of patience.

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  • The Mark of Joy

    The Mark of Joy

    What is the difference between happiness and joy? How can we pursue the mark of joy? Joy flows from God and we must tap into his river of Joy that is resistant to circumstances, and not dependent on them.

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  • The Mark of Love

    The Mark of Love

    How can we display God’s kind of love: unconditional, from God, flowing through us to others?

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  • Bearing the Marks

    Bearing the Marks

    Are we marked by our Father? How can others tell that we are authentic Christians? In this intro to a sermon series on the Fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians 5, Pastor Gary helps us see how we can live authentically, walking by the Spirit and not by the flesh, to display the marks…

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  • Fulfillment

    Pastor Gary concluded the series Back 2 Basics by helping us see how we can know and rely on God’s Spirit to give us the power to live a fulfilled life.

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  • Acceptance

    Acceptance. Whether you’re a teenager in Jr. High or moving into a new neighborhood, you want acceptance.
    Do you ever feel distant from God? Does the shame and guilt of sin ever make you feel this distance? As if God doesn’t accept you any longer? What do we do as Christians when we sin?

    In the apostle John’s first letter, he told his hearers that they could know and experience God’s love and acceptance as those who were in the “fellowship” of the Father and Son and with one another. We can know and experience the love and acceptance of God in our lives. The text gives three ways.

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