''But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.'' (Galatians 5:22-23)
Each aspect of the "fruit" listed here is simply a reflection of God's character reproduced in us by His Spirit. Each person in the Spirit has the fruit differently, and each fruit has a different shape in each person -but all the spiritual fruits will show themselves in each Christian as he or she goes deeper into their walk with the Spirit.
We all know that developing the fruit of the Spirit takes diligence and determination. So many times it seems that a tiny incident can take us from the love walk. When this happens it seems that we can literally see the fruit of peace, gentleness, long suffering (patience) just leaving us.
We must be in close intimate fellowship with God everyday, being obedient to the voice of the Holy Spirit and following His lead. If we are filled with the Holy Spirit then we have the ability to walk in love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness and faith. If the Holy Spirit is in us, then His fruit is there also.
Now's the time for each of us to begin working on developing the Fruit of the Spirit in our lives. It may not be easy at first, but how wonderful the growth looks. We can do it! We can walk in the fruit of the Spirit and be beautiful branches on the vine!
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