INSPIRATION FOR SIGNIFICANCE The Fruit of the Spirit: Putting it all Together Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self- control. Against such things there is no law. Notice that they are FRUIT not WORK. We dont try to be patient. We dont try to love. We dont try to work out these fruit. A branch does not work out fruit. It bears it. It simply draws sap from the vine and the fruit comes forth naturally. Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. All we need to do is abide in him by receiving the sap of Gods love from him and voila! The fruit comes out naturally. Notice the connection between receiving Gods love and abiding in Jesus or bearing fruit in these verses. 1 John 4:19 We love because God first loved us. Notice how we are able to love, because he first loved us. We dont produce the fruit of love till we embrace his love for us. Ephesians 3:17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, Notice that Christ abiding in us is connected to our being rooted and grounded in Gods love. 1 John 4:16 ...God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. See the relationship again between abiding in Gods love and abiding in God or God abiding in us. John 15:5,9 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. Jesus again ties abiding in him and abiding in His love. Child of God, stop struggling to be holy. Enter into His rest and just abide. Cease from your own work and get your eyes off yourself. Put them on Jesus and focus on His love for you. Holiness will come forth. Youve won! Nuel Manufor: 7BB62B0B Do share with others. Make this declaration by faith Lord I pray that you grant unto me the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of you, so that the eyes of my understanding being constantly enlightened, I may know more and more what you have called me and which by your grace I have become. That I may also come to know the full extent of what I have inherited by being born again, and the exceeding greatness of your power available to me in Christ Jesus. I ask this in Jesus name. Dear Holy Spirit, help me to pray this prayer even more accurately. Now go ahead and pray in other tongues!
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