Flourish: A Bold Vision for a Fruitful Life

01 A Bold Vision

May 12, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Psalm 92:12–15

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. [13] Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. [14] They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, [15] To declare that the LORD is upright; [He is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in Him. - Psalm 92:12–15 NKJV

02 The Fruit of Love

May 19, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Philippians 1:9–11

"I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. 10 For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ's return. 11 May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation--the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ--for this will bring much glory and praise to God." - Philippians 1:9-11 NLT

03 The Fruit of Joy

May 26, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Psalm 4:7, Philippians 4:4

"You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine." - Psalm 4:7 NLT

04 The Fruit of Peace

June 2, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Hebrews 13:20–21

"Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament), Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages). Amen (so be it)." - Hebrews 13:20-21 AMPC

05 The Fruit of Longsuffering

June 9, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Ephesians 4:1–2, Galatians 5:22

"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love," - Ephesians 4:1-2 NKJV

06 Cultivating Longsuffering

June 23, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Ephesians 4:1–2

"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love." - Ephesians 4:1-2 NKJV

07 The Fruit of Kindness

June 30, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Proverbs 3:3

"Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you, instead let these qualities define you; Bind them securely around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart." - Proverbs 3:3 AMP

08 The Fruit of Goodness

July 14, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Ephesians 5:8–11

"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them." - Ephesians 5:8-11 NKJV

09 Cultivating the Fruit of Goodness

July 28, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Hebrews 10:24–25

"And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting [one another], and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." - Hebrews 10:24-25 NKJV Restore Church | Yorkville, IL http://restorechurchyorkville.com

10 The Fruit of Faithfulness

August 11, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Galatians 5:22–23

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. - Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV

11 The Fruit of Gentleness

August 18, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Galatians 5:22–23

"Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:5-7 NKJV

12 The Fruit of Self Control

August 25, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Proverbs 25:28, 2 Peter 1:4–11, Galatians 5:22–25

"A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls." - Proverbs 25:28 NLT "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those [who are] Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. - Galatians 5:22–25 NKJV "by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption [that is] in the world through lust. [5] But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, [6] to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, [7] to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. [8] For if these things are yours and abound, [you] will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. [9] For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. [10] Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; [11] for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." - 2 Peter 1:4–11 NKJV

13 Mercy for Failures, Grace to Overcome

September 1, 2024 • Jordan Gash

"Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him]. 15 For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. 16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]." -Hebrews 4:14-16 AMPC

14 The Fruit of Self Control, 7 Keys

September 8, 2024 • Jordan Gash • Philippians 3:12–15

"Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you." - Philippians 3:12-15 NKJV

15 Controlling the Thoughts of the Heart

September 15, 2024 • Jordan Gash

"For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. 6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]." - *Romans 8:5-6 AMPC

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