Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Spiritual fruit

Lot of things to do and prepare in school like preparing test questions, then making grades and after that I will prepare lessons for summer class. I don't know what lessons to prepare. I need to prepare my heart, too ( for the badlongon nga mga bata) I need to give them more love and be patient with them by God's grace.
God reminded me of His word ...
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit . . . the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering . . . . (Joh_15:5 and Gal_5:22)
As we abide in Christ, spiritual fruit develops in our lives. This occurs through the work of the Holy Spirit, applying the grace resources of God to our inner man. This spiritual produce then appears as godly character in us.
Love is the primary indication that we are trusting the Lord to bring forth fruit in us. "The fruit of the Spirit is love." In fact, some see love as the singular fruit, with joy, peace, etc. as aspects of that love. This is divine love ("agape" love), a love that flows from the heart of God. "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God" (1Jo_4:7). Such love is not stirred by the "loveability" of the object. It is a unique, heavenly love available only from the Lord.

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