Devotion:
Read Galatians 5:22-25.
The way we live, the things we say, the attitudes we entertain, the lifestyle we adopt, the enterprises in which we engage are all continuously producing either positive or negative results in society. Too often people assume they can adopt a neutral stance. They feel they can be noncommittal. They try to remain detached and uninvolved with the trauma, turmoil and tension of their times.
We live in an atmosphere of antagonism, and environment of enmity. Yet amid such adversity Christ calls us to produce fruit. The “fruit of the Spirit” are not works that believers must accomplish so they can check them off as they “grow” them. Instead these fruits grow naturally as the produce of the Holy Spirit’s ministry in a person’s life. As we grow in the Christian faith, these characteristics should increasingly be manifested in our lives. The key is for us to submit our lives to Christ daily. By being connected to the Spirit of God, this fruit is produced in our lives.
Personal Worship Option:
How do you demonstrate the Fruit of the Spirit in your life? Which of these need more cultivation? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
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