{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Church OKC","title":"A Better Way - Overcoming Goodness (Fruit Of The Spirit - Goodness)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2901,"description":"Galatians 5:22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodnessGoodness = Agathōsynē - Uprightness of heart and life.Root Word = Agathos - Morally honorable, pleasing to God, and therefore beneficial. We are told to prove the goodness of God, cleave to it, to do it, to work it, to follow after it, to be zealous about it, to imitate it, and to overcome evil with it.  Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.Goodness is not the underdog fruit. Goodness is the overcoming fruit.1.Only God is Good and God is Only GoodMatthew 19:16-17 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 2 Corinthians 4:8–10 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.We experience darkness because creation has turned from God, not because He has turned from creation.  Psalm 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.2.  You are Good Ephesians 2:1-6 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil… But God is so rich...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bnHuiqv1vzbVKS3-CGSScUOuOFSAm4CGeToUp1bnpos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOTVl/MTRhMTgxNzM4MDZl/YmFlNGVmYzkzMGRm/MjkyZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}