Join Goodreads. Quotes tagged as "fruits-of-the-spirit" Showing of The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. Orange vibration foods are: oranges, tangerines, apricots, mangoes, peaches and carrots.
By our fruits we will be known, not by what name we have called ourselves. It is one of the ripest fruits of the Christian life, and, like all fruits, must be grown. The fruit of the Spirit is not push, drive, climb, grasp and trample. Life is more than a climb to the top of the heap. Grace cannot be confused with righteousness. Grace is receiving what we do not deserve; mercy is not receiving what we do deserve.
Righteousness, on the other hand, includes what most of us would consider difficult matters, such as punishment, correction and judgment. It also includes what most of us would consider positive matters, such as the fruit of the Spirit. If every man and woman in the world knew what it was to hunger and thirst after righteousness, there would be no danger of war.
There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something…. Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely…. Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit. Our entire earthly existence is but a transitional stage in the movement toward something higher, and we must not stumble and fall, nor must we linger fruitlessly on one rung of the ladder.
Material laws alone do not explain our life or give it direction. The laws of physics and physiology will never reveal the indisputable manner in which the Creator constantly, day in and day out, participates in the life of each of us, unfailingly granting us the energy of existence; when this assistance leaves us, we die.
And in the life of our entire planet, the Divine Spirit surely moves with no less force: this we must grasp in our dark and terrible hour. What is called temper, with its fruits of anger and strife, has its roots in the physical constitution, and is one among the sins of the flesh.
In relation to our fellow-men it shows itself in envy, hatred, and want of love, cold neglect or harsh judging of others. And true faith will never hinder the practical work of cleansing. And the Spirit is now the Power of God in us, working upwards towards Christ, to reproduce His life and Holiness in us, to fit us for fully receiving and showing forth Him in our lives.
We must take the lesson to heart; we can have as much of the Spirit as we are willing to have of His Holiness. Be full of the Spirit, must mean to us, Be fully holy. If we inquire more closely how it is that this Holy Spirit makes holy, the answer is,—He reveals and imparts the Holiness of Christ. The works of nature all amount to a peak of perfection; up to it they wax, beyond it they wane. Only in matters of art have a few gone to the point where they might not be improved.
It is the mark of cultivated taste to enjoy everything at its best. But all may not do this, and not all who may, know how. Even the fruits of the spirit have their moment of ripeness, and it is well to recognize this, in order to value it properly and attend to it.
You can be effective. Powerfully used. I'm talking to you. Not your preacher or Bible study teacher. Your legacy can still have an impact in a dozen generations if Christ tarries. You don't have to look a certain way, receive a certain gift, attend a certain denominational church, practice a certain kind of ministry, or establish a nonprofit organization!
All you need to be mighty in your generation is a shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit the Word of God, Eph. Through Christ you can absolutely, unequivocally do anything God places before you Phil. Patience is truly a fruit of the Spirit. Patience means staying with something until the end. It means delaying immediate gratification for future blessings.
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