Have you ever noticed that the more connected you’re to the Vine, the more loving, joyful, peaceable, patient, kind, caring, faithful, gentle, and even-tempered you’re?
If you’re reading this immediately, then you definitely’re in the precise place. Have you ever heard those words before? In our modern-day society, we hear those words often, especially if we’re about to take a seat through a 90-minute webinar. I chuckled a bit bit as I wrote this, but really. God knew that you simply can be here and for such a time as this. More now than ever, Jesus is looking us closer and urging us to stay connected and fruitful until He returns.
As Christians, we’re called to grow and mature in our faith. One of the ways in which we will proceed growing strong and healthy in our faith is by staying ever so near the Vine. Jesus tells us in John 15:1 and 4, “I’m the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener…remain in me, and I’ll remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit whether it is severed from the vine, and you can not be fruitful unless you remain in me.” Christian character is produced through the leading of the Holy Spirit. In Galatians 5:22-23 it states,
“But the Holy Spirit produces this sort of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
Yet, how can we live it out practically in our day-to-day lives? And how can we grow in Christian character? Well, let’s take a better have a look at these nine fruits of the Spirit to see how we will apply them to our on a regular basis lives.
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