13 Dec OMMA Apologetic (3 of 14)
Our Mission at OMMA is:
“TO CHANGE LIVES FOR GOD’S GLORY, USING CHRIST-CENTERED MARTIAL ARTS.”
This series of 14 blog posts seeks to define what we mean by glorifying God and what that looks like in our lives as a follower of Christ and what it looks like in the activities we participate in within our OMMA community.
Thanks for reading!
Marco
THREE (3 of 14): The Fruit of the Spirit in our lives acknowledges and exhibits/reflects His character.
Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control…nine attributes that are a part of God’s character and thus, a reflection of His character when they are evident in our lives. Of course, in our human strength, we cannot live out this Godly character, so it requires the Presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, working out our growth in all of these areas.
Lord, help us be more like Jesus by exhibiting the Fruit of Your Holy Spirit increasingly in our life!
We have a TON of Scriptures for this post, so I put them below the postscript. Check them out!
Keep Fighting the Good Fight!
Blessings,
Marco
OMMA Founder/Senior Instructor
Yondan – 4th Degree Black Belt
Here’s a nice article to assess our growth in the Fruit of the Spirit:
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https://onmissionmartialarts.com/giving/2018-year-end/
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
– Galatians 5:22-23
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love . Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him”
– 1 John 4:16
” Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it doe s not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not e asily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails”
– 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
– Nehemiah 8:10
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God”
– H e b r e w s 1 2 : 2
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”
– R o m a n s 5 : 1
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”
– Romans 15:13
We are “strengthened with all might, according to h is glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness .”
– Colossians 1:11
“With all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love.”
– E p h e s i a n s 4 : 2
We should live “in purity, understanding, patience and kindness ; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love ; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in t he left”
– 2 Corinthians 6:6-7
“Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our Go d would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness , and the work of faith with power”
– 2 Thessalonians 1:11
“For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth”
– E p h e s i a n s 5 : 9
“O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth”
– I s a i a h 2 5 : 1
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith”
– E p h e s i a n s 3 : 1 6 – 1 7
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such
an one in the spirit of gentleness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted”
– G a l a t i a n s 6 : 1
“With all lowliness and gentleness , with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love”
– E p h e s i a n s 4 : 2
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control , to self-control, perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love”
– 2 P e t e r 1 : 5 – 7