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Galatians 5:22-23<\/em> Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) <\/em><\/strong>But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,<\/em> gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. <\/em><\/h6>\n
I heard this saying long ago\u2026\u201dWe are not to be fruit inspectors but fruit bearers\u2026\u201d<\/h6>\n
The only way we can bear fruit and have it remain, and not spoil…is to be attached to the fruit tree of Life\u2026Jesus Christ. The Bible talks a lot about fruit\u2026The Fruit of the Holy Spirit is always bearing fruit\u2026<\/h6>\n
The Fruit of the Spirit is\u2026One fruit\u2026This fruit is sweet and juicy. It never rots or decays. It will make you burst into joy<\/strong> and it is never fermented, it is always fresh. To all who receive this fruit you will have a peace<\/strong> that you cannot explain. No matter who or what or how the enemy tries to discourage you or tries to make you doubt or run in fear\u2026this fruit of peace<\/strong> will keep you still and quiet in your soul. This fruit has just the right amount of nutrients to sustain you in trouble and will give you persistence and self-control.<\/strong> There is no time limit on the longevity of this fruit. It never dies. It will keep you going with long suffering <\/strong>and you will not wear out. One bite of the Fruit of the Spirit and your faith<\/strong> will multiply to overflowing with miracles and mountain removals and a will to walk on water even turn water into wine. It will take you all the way to the cross and sustain you to rise from the dead. The fruit of kindness<\/strong> will cause you to show tenderness and mercy to all those who mistreat you and persecute you. In the Fruit of the Spirit is Gentleness;<\/strong> which will be a shield of protection against hate and violence. One of the greatest attributes of the Fruit of the Spirit is Patience<\/strong>. See how patient the Lord has been with you\u2026.In all of your doubting and all of your worrying\u2026anxiousness and unforgiveness towards others and even yourself. Becoming impatient while waiting in traffic or standing in lines, keeps you irritated and separates you from the Spirit. Short tempered with your children and with your spouse. The fruit of patience<\/strong> is one that God practices the most. If he can be patient with us, then, we must certainly be patient in all things and with others. Some say, \u201cOh don\u2019t pray for patience, or you\u2019ll be given a trial.\u201d I say, \u201cLord, give me patience and all the whole fruit as well\u2026for I want to be like you Lord. But give me lots of grace to go along with it. I fall short so many times. But you are always patient with me. Thank you God. Give us the fruit of your Holy Spirit and let us become more and more like you.\u201d The part of the fruit that is the most precious is the fruit of Love <\/strong>it is God\u2019s greatest gift. It is the gift of Himself. Love died for us, lives for us, and shows us how to love the way He loves. Forgives wrongs\u2026does not judge\u2026does not tell lies\u2026suffers long, holds no offence or grudge\u2026keeps promises\u2026doesn\u2019t gossip\u2026does not murder\u2026is not jealous\u2026it cannot hate\u2026His love considers others first and asks for nothing in return\u2026it is given freely\u2026The greatest part of this fruit is that it\u2019s His Love. God, is, Love! The thing about God\u2019s love is that when it is broken it multiplies\u2026and it remains\u2026and it grows and never ends\u2026<\/h6>\n
God wants us to Love Him first and love others as we love ourselves\u2026when we do this\u2026we are loved\u2026<\/h6>\n
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This afternoon Bob and I were coming out of a store, we had gone to get some boxes for our move. A man was sitting on the curb he looked tired and dirty and asked if we had any change. Earlier I had looked in my wallet to see if I had any cash, I had a five dollar bill. Bob and I looked at each other and said, “The $5.00 bill.” I took it out and\u00a0 gave it to Bob and he handed it to him. His face lit up with gratitude. He wanted to get something to eat. I could see through his tattered weariness, he had a tender spirit. It didn’t matter why? We gave it in Jesus name. He kept saying, “Thank you and God bless you.” When we walked away I prayed silently, “Lord, send someone to talk to him about you. Save him Jesus.” As we were leaving we saw another lady talking to him intently but with kindness. (Our friend Kathy Langley introduced us to a man and woman, yesterday, Dan and Eleanor, they are with Restoration Bridge, they feed over 40,000 homeless people monthly and so we told this man where he could go to get food every Saturday.) As we drove back around to tell him, the woman was leading him to Jesus and she said her sister attended the church we mentioned. Praise the Lord! Jesus not only fed this man, but he gave him eternal life…This is what it is all about…God’s great love…he doesn’t look at the outward\u00a0 appearance, he looks at the heart!!! One plants, one waters, but God gives the increase!\u00a0 <\/em><\/h6>\n
Time and time again in the scriptures we read:<\/h6>\n
And<\/em> God blessed them<\/u><\/em> and said<\/em>\u2026 Be fruitful and multiply<\/u><\/em> (Adam and Eve), Genesis 1:28<\/strong><\/h6>\n
And when he had given thanks he break it<\/u><\/em> and said<\/u><\/em>\u2026(The Lords supper) 1 Corinthians 11:23-24<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u00a0\u201cBring them here to me,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/em> And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.<\/u><\/strong> (The 5 loaves and 2 fish) Matthew 14:18-19 <\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
(Just as Jesus had been broken, he broke the bread, signifying his death, souls\u00a0multiplied for the Kingdom of God. God doesn\u2019t want us to be divided he wants us to multiply.)<\/h6>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won\u2019t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you.<\/em> \u201cBut remember the root command: <\/em>Love one another<\/strong><\/em>. <\/em>John 15:16-17 The Message (MSG)<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
1 Corinthians 3:6-9<\/em><\/span> Good News Translation (GNT)\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because he makes the plant grow.\u00a0<\/span> There is no difference between the one who plants and the one who waters; God will reward each one according to the work each has done.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/sup>For we are partners working together for God, and you are God’s field.<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Galatians 5:22-23 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. I heard this saying long ago\u2026\u201dWe are not to be fruit inspectors but fruit bearers\u2026\u201d The only way we can bear fruit and have it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-A9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}