{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Rooted in the Right Place and Space","description":"What if faith isn\u2019t something you have to manage\u2026 but something that grows? In this week\u2019s sermon, Rev. Lucy Crain reflects on the familiar words about the fruit of the Spirit and invites us to hear them not as a checklist to achieve, but as a gift to receive. Through a personal story about stepping into something that felt overwhelming, we are reminded how easy it is to believe we have to get everything right\u2014to keep everything thriving on our own. But fruit isn\u2019t forced. It\u2019s grown. Drawing on Galatians 5 and Psalm 1, and the image of a tree planted by living water, this message explores what it means to be rooted in God rather than in our own striving. When we are grounded in that love, something begins to grow within us\u2014not by effort, but by grace. Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Generosity. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self-control. Not as expectations\u2014but as signs of life. This sermon is a gentle but powerful invitation to release the pressure of \u201cbeing enough,\u201d and to trust that God is already at work within you\u2014nourishing, tending, and bringing forth fruit in its own time. Because you don\u2019t have to force what God is already growing. ","author_name":"Faith Unfiltered","author_url":"http:\/\/firstpres-charlotte.org","html":"