The Blessings Of Spiritual Fruit

-


What is spiritual fruit?


Spiritual fruit are the results of you living by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The word says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." (Galatians 5:22-23) If you want to acquire these blessings, you are required to live and walk by the Spirit.

What does it mean to live & walk by the Spirit?


    To live and to walk by the Spirit means to be fully guided by the Holy Spirit in all things. You must learn to put your own understanding aside and put your trust in the Spirit. What is your wisdom compared to God's wisdom? Who can teach God? The word says, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

    When it comes to living by the Spirit, you can look at the Apostle Paul. There were many times where Paul faced adversity and resistance in his missionary journeys. In Acts 16:22-27, Paul and Silas are beaten and imprisoned, and after all that, they were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. A normal person living on their own understanding and with no faith would have cursed God and let themselves fall into a state of melancholy and rotted in that prison. But Paul and Silas kept the faith and were not only freed, but the prison shook and crumbled.

    Living and walking by the Spirit means to have unwavering faith and staying committed to the race even when things go south. How many of you have been beaten and imprisoned and truly persecuted by your fellow man? When you compare your life to the Apostles and the things you endured to what they endured, you can clearly see that there is no reason for you not to have faith.

What is your potential if you're with the Spirit?


    When you submit yourself to the will of the Spirit, you will become Christlike. You will no longer be spiritually dead and have no purpose. Your life will be holy and godly, but that does not mean that your life will be easier, but "Hard times create strong men." When you choose the Spirit, you will gain everything and lose nothing but the world, and that only comes with fleshly desires and pleasures.

    "There's a peace only to be found on the other side of war" - King Arthur. You will face adversity, but know that you are on the winning team. God has already decided the outcome of the world; you're just going through the movie.


    Brothers and sisters, I ask that you stick to the faith and stay alert because the devil does not want you to crucify your flesh. When you choose this life, you will be hit with all kinds of trouble, but if you stick with the Spirit, you will be okay.


May our Lord bless you all. Amen.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Breaking Free: Overcoming Habitual Sin

-
Image
                  Intentional Sin Intentional sin has been a struggle in my life. When I would commit intentional sin out of habit, that's when I felt the worst, I was condemned the most, I got into slumps, and at times wished my life would end. When you commit intentional sin you are choosing to separate yourself from God. This can come from a delusion that; that sin is better than what God has for you. You might think it makes you feel better, or it will make you happy but that is a Lie. When you let that delusion come into your mind you ultimately make that sin stronger making you feel as if you need to do it because you’ve created a habit. How To Stop Habitual/Intentional Sin These habits have triggers, find out what triggers you. Whether it’s things you think about, things you see or possess. The best way you can get away from it is to run to Jesus. The word says “Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts”. Go straight t...
Read more

You Need To Love

-
Image
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:1-3) One of the biggest obstacles for Christians is the lack of love. As you can see above, love is everything. You could have every spiritual gift God could give, but if you don't have love in your heart, you're like a "noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." Every sin you commit stems from a lack of love in your heart. If you lust after someone, it indicates a lack of love for that person; you have treated that person as an object for your pleasure. If you steal, it comes from a lack of love; you wouldn't steal from someone you truly love. If ...
Read more

Have Patience & Contentment

-
Image
In this new age, we are so obsessed with others' progress and what's going on in their lives, we become discontent with the gifts God has given us. That's the issue with social media: we're always seeing the good parts of someone else's life—the fast cars, millions of dollars, big houses, and pretty women—that we forget to be grateful for what we have. A lot of you reading this are living better than most of the world, especially if you're in a first world country. If you were to look at your life and compare it to the people in the third world countries, your life would be equivalent to a king's. I want you to ask yourself this question: Why is the western world so depressed and stressed out? It's because you look towards the future so much that you forget about the moment you're in. You compare yourself to all these people that don't even know you that you become discontent with your situation. The word says, " Keep your lives free from th...
Read more