Abiding!

The fruit of the Spirit is......and you know the rest! Love, Joy, Peace, Patience.....and the other five characteristics of God. The key to this fruit being realized in your life is found in one word that is recorded over and over in John 15. That word is ABIDE! Jesus told us through His Word that if we abide in him we will see the fruit of the Holy Spirit evidenced in our lives. This is the key to experiencing these in your everyday life. It has never been about trying to love more, or experience more joy, or developing our own peace.....it's about letting Jesus be the source of our Love, Joy, Peace, etc. Now I don't want to make it seem like the list is not important....but for shortness of an article...I will just list some of the characteristics of this fruit. As you are well aware, there is only one fruit. It's not "fruits of the Spirit", it is "fruit of the Spirit", which means that we cannot do a buffet style of character development. It is all of Jesus, all of the Holy Spirit, all of God the Father. Each moment of each day....he is asking us, you and me, to abide in him. This means that everywhere you go....think of it like Jesus is right there beside you and you are desirous to have him displayed in all you do. Moment by moment...you have a God who wants to display his life through you. Let him and stay connected to him in all you do. Abide! Every day, every moment.

God is Love! God is Joy! God is Peace! God is Patience! God is Kindness! God is Goodness! God is Faithfulness! God is Gentleness! God is Self-Control!

See you Sunday,

Blessings,

Pastor Brian