Cultivating Gentleness :: YouVersion Event

StoneBridge Campus
4832 Cochran St, Simi Valley, CA 93063, USA
Saturday 5:30 PM, Sunday 9:00 AM, Sunday 10:30 AM
Growth Groups
Simi Town Center Way, Simi Valley, CA 93065, USA
Sunday 12:00 PM

Philippians 4:5 NIV

Galatians 5:22-23 NIV

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English - gentleness

Koinia Greek - epieikeia, prautes

Proverbs 15:1 NIV

1. I exhibit gentleness when I am…

1. I exhibit gentleness when I am thoughtful and considerate.

If you are blind to your feelings, your feelings will blind you.

2. I exhibit gentleness when I…

2. I exhibit gentleness when I put people at ease.

prautes definition #1

a) The right dosage of the right medicine addressed to the appropriate ailment.

b) "easy on the stomach"

2 Corinthians 1:4 NIV

3. I exhibit gentleness when I...

3. I exhibit gentleness when I empower and encourage others.

prautes definition #2

a perfect wind filling the sails of a ship

Hebrews 3:13 NIV

4. I exhibit gentleness more...

4. I exhibit gentleness more, the more I stay connected to Jesus.

Matthew 11:29 NIV

prautes definition #3

a wild, powerful animal domesticated for service

Next Steps

- In order to exhibit gentleness, I need to be right minded and have a higher level of self-awareness.

-I want to exhibit gentleness but realize that today, for the first time, I am in need of being connected to Jesus

- I want to exhibit gentleness but realize I need to be more closely connected to Jesus.

Matthew 22:34-40 NIV

Memory Verses/ Key Verses: Proverbs 15:1, Philippians 4:5