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StoneBridge Community Church

Cultivating Gentleness

Pastor Jonathan Lusche

Locations & Times

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

Galatians 5:22-23

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English - gentleness
Koinia Greek - epieikeia, prautes

Proverbs 15:1

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

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

4. I exhibit gentleness more...

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

Matthew 11:29

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

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

"A gentle answer turns away wrath..." Proverbs 15:1 "Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near." Philippians 4:5

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