But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.Galatians 5:22-23
This week I am going to try to touch on the qualities of the Holy Spirit and the work he wants to do and does do in our lives as we let him.
Just like God and Jesus, he is the 3rd person in the Trinity and has specific work that he does in us. As Christians, we should develop these qualities as we grow in Christ.
John 16:8 tells us that he convicts us of sin.
At the moment we ask Jesus to come into our lives, the Holy Spirit comes in and gives us new lives-a new meaning to life. We have a whole new direction to life. He changes us from the inside out and that is when these qualities can really take hold in us.
In and of ourselves, we do not have the power to bear the fruits of love, joy peace and so on because our flesh wants to control us. However, as a Christian, we can let the Holy Spirit do the work in us to produce the fruit.
But we do have a choice. We can be carnal. Having time for everything else and none for God. We can allow ourselves to be envious of others. We can lust after things, whether it be money, power or someone. We can be hateful and cause strife in our lives or someone else's life. Or any number of other sins.
What kind of person are you? Have you accepted Christ as your personal Savior? If so, that is the first step in developing the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
I hope you will join me for the next few days in a look into these qualities of the Holly Spirit starting tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing this time with me folks. Have a blessed day!
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