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Fruit of the Spirit

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    JoanneF
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    “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” (Gal.5:22-23)

    Love – Do I love enough – and divinely? Can I love more?
    Joy – Am I expressing joy? Do I rejoice not only in my good, but in others’ good?
    Peace – Am I calm and undisturbed when faced with a problem? Or am I fearful, anxious, and agitated?
    Longsuffering – Do I “bleed sweet” when faced with a difficulty? Or do I whine and complain?
    Gentleness – Do I have a soft manner when dealing with others? Or do I have a bad temper and rotten disposition when I don’t get my way?
    Goodness – Am I kind? Am I morally upright? Do I always do right?
    Faith – Do I really trust that God is All?
    Meekness – Do I believe that there is only one Mind? Or do I think that I can know or do something apart from God?
    Temperance – Do I indulge in any appetites – natural or otherwise? Do I indulge in passionate or emotional outbursts? Am I patient?

    As I express these fruits of Spirit, no so-called law of matter can stand against me.

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    JoanneF
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    This Sunday’s Roundtable (6/2/19) provided an excellent clarification on “fruit of the Spirit,” — which was a very needful one — and that is, the fruit comes from the Spirit, and unless you have the Spirit of God within, you can’t bear the “fruit” humanly. I missed that point completely, – the need of bringing it all back to Spirit, God, the only source of that “fruit.” Very grateful for this, and for these Roundtables

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