| Fruit |
| “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance” (Galatians 5:22-23). |
| We may not all be gifted to preach or teach, or to take a public part in any way. However, we can all bear the fruit of the Spirit. “For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth” (Ephesians 5:9). |
| Fruit is not necessarily what we say, although it includes our words. Fruit is the reflection and reproduction of Christ in our lives, and the outshining of the attributes of that glorious person who is our Savior, Friend, and Lord. |
| Fruit grows quietly on the trees in the orchard without any fanfare or great oration. Slowly, silently, and with proper nutrition, it develops into beautiful usefulness. This is what the Lord desires for each of His own. |
| Fruit is always the result of nearness to the Lord. He Himself said, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me” (John 15:4). Keep close to Him and you too will bear “much fruit” (John 15:4). |
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