And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge
and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be
pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness
that comes through Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God.
(Philippians 1.9-11).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit,
nor a bad tree that produces good fruit. Each tree
is known by its own fruit. Men do not gather figs from
thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.
The good person out of the good treasure of his or her
heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out
of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth
speaks from that which fill his heart.
(Luke 6.43-45).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Now the parable is this; the seed is the word of God.
Those beside the road are those who have heard; then
the devil comes and takes away the word from their
heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. Those
on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive
the word with joy, but have no firm root; they believe for
a while, and in time of temptation fall away. The seed which
fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and
as they go their way they are choked with worries and riches
and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But the
seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word
in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with
perseverance.
TRUE SPIRITUALITY
But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy,peace, longsuffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gentleness,self-control.
Against such there is no law.
And those who are Christ’s have
crucified the flesh with its passions
and desires.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
( Galatians 5.22-25).
THOUGHTS FOR MEDITATION
Please meditate on the following thoughts:
1) The Holy Spirit places His character
in us.
2) This is how we display God’s attributes.
3) God’s attributes are irresistible and
highly attractive.
4) The fruit of the Holy Spirit displays
true spirituality.
Do you not know brothers and sisters,
for I am speaking to those who are
acquainted with the Law, that the legal claims
have power over a person only for as
long as he or she is alive?
For instance, a married woman is bound
by law to her husband as long as he lives,
but if her husband dies, she is discharged
from the law concerning her husband.
Accordingly, if while her husband lives,
she marries another man, she will be
called an adulteress, but if her husband
dies, she is free from that law, so that
if she marries another man she is not an
adulteress.
Likewise my brothers and sisters you
have undergone death as to the Law
through the crucified body of Christ,
so that you may now belong to Another,
to Him Who was raised from the dead
in order that we may bear fruit to God.
( Romans 7.1-4).
Consider this and meditate:
1) The Law stipulated the codes
of behavior that is accepted by God.
2) We are alive in a new way which
brings about true righteousness,
spiritual life and eternal union with
God through our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ who rose from the dead and brought
about our justification and sanctification.