Tag: What the Bible says about the fruits of the Spirit

Bible Verse of The Day – 4-22-23

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

If we notice, this verse says these are “the fruit”. Fruit by whom? The Spirit!

Only the Holy Spirit can produce them. These are not man’s fruit.

We cannot walk in these by our own efforts. Our flesh is not made up of this type of fruit.

That’s why we find ourselves wrestling at times, asking God, “we know we are supposed to be like this, but how God, how?”.

It seems impossible for us to walk these out.

God does not expect us to walk in this fruit on our own power and strength. The Holy Spirit will help guide us into maturing as believers, and it will become a normal way of living for us.

The first three, love, joy and peace describe our attitude toward God.

The next three, longsuffering, kindness, and goodness deal with social relationships.

The last three describe principles that guide our conduct; faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

It takes time and submission to the Holy Spirit if we are to learn how to walk in such fruit.

Are we ready to change and give Him full control over ourselves?

When we do, He will produce such fruit, and even we will look at ourselves and ask, “who are you?”.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-30-22

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Do we want to know whether we are walking in the Spirit or not?

All we need to do is check to see if these fruits of the Spirit are active in our lives.

God is amazing in His provision for us. He not only supplies our needs in the natural, but He supplies our spiritual needs as well.

The fact that the Holy Spirit was sent to earth after Jesus ascended is an incredible gift to each and every one of us.

If we are faithful to follow His (the Holy Spirit’s) leading, our lives will be changed and blessed in more ways than we can imagine!

And as we follow Him more diligently, we will begin to see love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control becoming more evident in everything we do.

Our grouchy, impatient, selfish, rough old self will begin to melt away into our past.

It’s interesting that verse 23 ends with, “Against such there is no law”.

In many of today’s societies, some of these Spirit-led attributes have almost become illegal as the world has gone crazy with self-centeredness, anger, rage and division.

But as children of God, we know better. And as we walk each day under the leading of the Holy Spirit, we live out the very things that the world says are no longer relevant.

And may all the glory and honor be unto our God. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-21-22

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Boy, the fruit sounds so great!

Can we just picture it? God’s children all walk together in this. It makes me happy just thinking about it. What a beautiful way to live!

There is only one thing that stops us from walking completely in this; our flesh.

That’s right. Our own self.

Talk about control over what we can do and not do. We have it in us, but sometimes, as we all know, it’s hard to control our feelings.

We’ve got to be wise.

Proverbs 29:11 (NKJV) 11 A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back.

Our emotions like to have control. And if we let them, they can take us down the opposite road of what we should be doing, saying and feeling.

We need to hold back our emotions at times and tell them how they are going to behave. Not the other way around.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-4-22

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

All of these fruits are good to have operating in our lives each day. Let’s take a look at them!

Love is an intense feeling of deep affection towards others. Joy is a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Peace is freedom from disturbance; tranquility.

Longsuffering is having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.

Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.

Goodness is the quality of being morally good or virtuous.

Faithfulness is the quality of being faithful; fidelity.

Gentleness is the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered, softness of action or effect; lightness.

Self-control is the ability to control oneself, in particular one’s emotions and desires or the expression of them in one’s behavior, especially in difficult situations.

The fruit of the Spirit working through us will cause others to say, “hey, who are they?”.

This kind of walk will make others take a second look. It will make them curious. And they too will begin to dig in and seek or ask questions.

We will stand out, not on or by our own, but by the Spirit that moves through our blood!

Acts 1:8 (NKJV) 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
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401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-22-19

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

The Spirit of God is beautiful, and when we let Him have control over our being, this is what we will produce.

Love: an intense feeling of deep affection.

Joy: a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

Peace: freedom from disturbance; tranquility.

Longsuffering: having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.

Kindness: the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.

Goodness: the quality of being morally good or virtuous.

Faithfulness: the quality of being faithful; fidelity. Loyal.

Gentleness: the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered.

Self-Control: the ability to control oneself, in particular one’s emotions and desires or the expression of them in one’s behavior, especially in difficult situations.

These are the characteristics of the Spirit of God living in us through His Son, Jesus Christ. This is our inheritance. These wonderful traits are the riches of God that we too can walk in each day.

Galatians 5:25 (NKJV) 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

We are not on our own, His Spirit lives in us. He will help us to produce such fruit! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 5-8-18

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

If we want to know if or when the Holy Spirit is moving through us, this is a good way to tell. These are His fruit.

What a beautiful list. If we could all just let God’s Spirit have full reign over everything about us, things would surely turn out different.

LOVE is the first fruit listed. If we could just get that one down, the rest of them would fall into place, one by one.

But, for us to love like God we have to let God in to teach us, guide us and walk us through it.

We can’t walk in these fruits unless the Spirit of God is moving through us. We need to get ourselves completely out of the way and let God have His way. When we can reach this point, He shows up and says, “now we’re talking”.

We have to decrease within ourselves and let the Holy Spirit increase within us if we want to be able to produce this kind of fruit each day.

Give more room to the Holy Spirit and we will be amazed at the fruit that comes out of us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 3-21-18

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Wouldn’t the world be a different place if we all walked in these fruits of the Spirit?

We need to understand that this fruit doesn’t come by our own efforts. It comes when we allow the Spirit of God to change us and have more of us.

This is His fruit, from His spirit. We can’t work it; meaning we can not do this on our own. We need Him in order to walk in such a way.

The closer we get to Him, the stronger His Spirit lives and shows Himself in us. This will be most evident through our actions.

As we surrender to God, this kind of fruit will operate naturally through us and will draw people to Him. We, His bride, His children, His people, need more of Him and His spirit flowing through us.

How do we get more? We surrender daily, through praying, reading, and hearing.

Isaiah 64:8 (NKJV) 8 But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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