Product Description

Learn the life-transforming qualities God wants to cultivate inside you, and discover the supernatural Agent who empowers you to attain them. 6 SESSIONS

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1584237 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

From the Author
Bill Hybels, founder and pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, is the author of several books, including Honest to God?, Too Busy Not to Pray, and the previous titles in the Interactions series. He is also coauthor of Rediscovering Church, Becoming a Contagious Christian, and the best-selling Fit to Be Tie

From the Back Cover
It takes the power of God to produce the character of God.

Putting others’ needs ahead of our own. It’s the ultimate expression of love--and the hardest. Fortunately, we don’t have to go it alone. In Fruit of the Spirit, you’ll learn about the life-transforming qualities God wants to cultivate inside you. And you’ll discover the supernatural Agent who empowers you to attain them: the Holy Spirit, working within you to produce each kind of spiritual "fruit."

In the Holy Spirit’s power, you can live a supernatural life that transforms every relationship you have. And in the process, you’ll discover the one route to a truly satisfying life: serving others.

Interactions--a powerful, challenging tool for building deep relationships between you and your group member, and you and God. Interaction is far more than another group Bible study. It’s a cutting-edge series designed to help small group participants develop into fully devoted followers of Christ.

If you are the discussion leader, you will find additional suggestions and helpful ideas in the Leader's Notes.

About the Author
Bill Hybels (B.A. Trinity College) is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. Willow Creek’s innovative ministries have made it one of the most attended churches in North America. Hybels has authored over 20 books, including, Fit to Be Tied, and Rediscovering Church (with his wife Lynne), Honest to God, Too Busy Not to Pray, and Courageous Leadership.

Customer Reviews

Rice Cakes for the Spirit
Yes, Bill Hybels is a giant in American Evangelism and a powerful advocate of the pragmatic and effective seeker-sensitive approach. However, this modest book illustrates what happens when the watered-down, non-threatening approach meets the written word medium-- not much there.

The chapter exercises are of appropriate length for a 90-120 minute small group session, and each focuses on different aspects of human attitudes and behavior, and offers points of reflection, and ample space for a reader to scawl on the page answers to the self-reflective questions. The relevant verses cited for reference and biblical passages and anecdotes seem well-chosen.

My disappointment in the book lies in what others may actually find as a strength-- it's simplicity. At times, the reflection questions seem geared toward the a child in Sunday-school. The importance of cultivating all these fruits (Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Sensitivity, and Faithfulness) are so self-evident that the material became tedious after a time. After a small group session using this book, I felt like I did after I once ate a rice cake. I guess I was eating something-- my jaw moved, my teeth mashed some organic matter, yet it didn't really fill me up intellectually.

This series seems fine for most people, and the points are certainly theologically spot-on and in accord with how God would want us to be, but I would have liked to see something a little deeper.

Awesome-great for small groups
My husband and I each got this book for our small group. It was great to work on separately and then talk together about our responses. Highly recommended.