Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, [23] gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Meekness / Gentleness is not________________________________________________. Mt. 5:5
Gentleness is POWER_____________________________________________________. John 17:4
Let your gentleness be evident to all. Phil. 4:5
The "P O W E R" demonstrated by Gentle People :
P_____________________________________________ ... is under God's control.
Lion, Otter, Golden Retreiver, Beaver.
John 18:10,11; Luke 9:51-56
O_____________________________________________ ... is under God's control.
The results ? We start seeing and working for the___________________________________, not just ourselves. Phil. 2:3,4
Gentle People Are :_______________________________________________________ - Acts 20:35
See also - 2 Peter 1:6,7 LB
Gentle People Are NOT :___________________________________________________- James 4:1,2; 3:16
W_____________________________________________ ... are under God's control.
It isn't the things that go in one ear and out the other that hurt, as much as the things that go in one ear,
get all mixed up, then slip out the mouth.
Eph. 4:29-32 ; James 3:6-8
E______________________________________________ ... are under God's control.
Eph. 4:2 ; Proverbs 15:4
When someone disappoints you . . . Are you gentle - or - jugdemental ?
The elder brother in Luke 15.
R_______________________________________________ ... is under God's control.
Gentle People Are______________________________, not______________________________.
Prov. 16:32 : 15:4 ; Phil. 1:27.
A proactive person is____________________________________controlled.
A reactive person is_____________________________________controlled.
How to be a Proactive Person . . .
Seek first to____________________________, then to be____________________________.
Prov. 15:2
" Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival -
to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated." Dr. Stephen Covey
