THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

*Theme scripture*
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self-control; against such things there is no God.

**THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT*
In today’s devotional, we’re going to explore how we can bear the life-giving, world-changing fruit of the Holy Spirit. Your life is meant to be marked by love, joy,peace, patience, kindness and self-control.

Plants don’t bear fruit by trying harder, but by simply receiving abundantly whatever they need to bear fruit. May you experience the richness of God’s presence, the water of his peace, and the warmth of his love today as we seek to allow God to bear his fruit in our lives

God longs to tell you and me today that by his grace, a life marked by the fruit of the Spirit is entirely possible—but only by his grace. In and of myself, I can produce none of these wonderful characteristics.

In my own strength, I will only produce selfishness, laziness, and pride. “But with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). The Bible calls these characteristics fruit for a reason. They are birthed out of the glorious working of God in us. They come entirely by God’s grace.

So how do we allow the Holy Spirit to work at the core of our being and produce these wonderful fruits? How do we become children of God marked by the working of the Spirit in our lives? It comes from being connected to our source, that he might plant seeds that grow within us. As we spend time with God we become like him.
*Further study*
Matthew 7:20
Psalms 1:1-5
*Nugget*
In the presence of God our hearts transforms into a greater reflection of his glorious love. He can do incredible and miraculous things in us if we simply open our hearts and spend time abiding in him.
*Prayer*
Father thank you for the truth of your fruits I’m alive in them and I live in them as led by your spirit
Amen.