Kirstyn Mayden
The fruit of the Spirit are nine character traits: love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Every believer has access to these traits, because th...
Linda Gilden
Perhaps you’ve never thought of yourself as bearing fruit. Biblical contemporaries grew their own foods, tended orchards, and depended on their crops for their livelihood. Thus, we have many biblical ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Instead of just saying he is the vine, why does Jesus say he is the true vine? What is interesting and emphatic about this statement is that Jesus makes a definitive distinction between himself and an...
We need to see that if our work is to be acceptable and effective, it must come as fruit; it must be the spontaneous outgrowth of a healthy, vigorous life, the Spirit and power of Christ living and wo...
Lisa Loraine Baker
Jesus gave further explanation of the difference between a good fruit bearer and one who produces bad fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles. A healthy tree bears good...
Frank Santora
In short, the fruit of the Spirit is the outward, visible and godly virtues displayed in a believer’s life, that evidences the inward, invisible presence of the Holy Spirit. These virtues or character...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Most people are familiar with the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They were given a command not to eat from a tree, which they did not follow and as the saying goes, the rest is history.O...
Jeannie Myers
The Bible uses a lot of fruit metaphors. Paul encourages believers to "bear fruit," Jesus calls himself the vine and us the branches, even the Old Testament includes a list of Fruit of the Spirit. But...
Emma Danzey
The first fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5 is love. When we try to grasp the Biblical definition of love, we see themes of sacrifice and selflessness. God Himself is love (1 John 4:8). Thi...
Hope Bolinger
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Many of us have heard of the Fruit of the Spirit or tried to focus on embracing them at different times. But ...
Emma Danzey
Today as we study the fruit of peace, may we remember that this is a peace different from what the world offers. Many things leave someone feeling peaceful, but only the Holy Spirit can leave a person...
Emma Danzey
If we want to live out the goodness of God, we need to be filled up by the Holy Spirit every day. When we show goodness or live out righteously, those around us will see the testimonies of Christ in u...
Cally Logan
Walking in obedience to God will always lead to His best for you. Eden in all its paradise was forfeited because of the conscious act of falling into sin by not trusting God and consuming the forbidde...
Emma Danzey
His kindness came to us. Jesus, the incarnate deity, came to earth to show us the greatest act of kindness and love on the cross at Calvary. Death was defeated and not only that, by the Holy Spirit we...
To see what fruit pleases the Lord, read the Word with the sole intent of identifying every action verb—those "good works" that both Jesus and His disciples practiced....
Jason Soroski
The truth is, we all like to talk, and as humans we can figure out how to say things to create a certain impression. At least we can for a while. But eventually, who we really are and what we really b...
Emma Danzey
Some of the greatest wolves of all times have been some of the most influential and great speakers. They are polished, attractive, and great at winning the hearts of audiences. Not only this, but wolv...
Emma Danzey
The fruit of joy does not always include happiness. We can be happy and have joy, however Scripture also shares that we can have joy in affliction and suffering too. This is not humanly possible, but ...
Emma Danzey
We are the “spiritual toddlers” when our impatience gets the best of us. But Jesus is so faithful. He is with us. He sees things that we cannot understand. When He asks us to be patient, it is for rea...
Linda Lyle
We often hear in church that Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches,” but is there more to this metaphor than we think? ...