We cannot produce this type of fruit in and of ourselves even if we tried.
Meno
...He is not raising robots, He will not “make you” do something you do not want to do even if it will save your life... You get to choose.
Vineyard or Garden?
...we cannot do anything without God.
Powerless.
I believed in Jesus but was powerless against the devil and I was oppressed and was being tormented in every way.
Find your rhythm.
"...abiding in God is about relationship it is not a formula."
Friends.
What is He worth to you?
Class is in session
The Holy Spirit is our Teacher and He will help us grow and mature and learn to be more like Christ.
Apples and Oranges
“How do we measure fruit?”
Happiness or joy?
Left on our own, there is no way we can look at our circumstances or Paul look at his wrongful imprisonment and write about joy. But with God, even though Paul was externally in chains, internally he was free and partaking of the joy of the Lord. He was allowing himself to receive the fruit of joy from the Holy Spirit and he was choosing to let it overflow through him despite his present circumstances.
Your spirit is king.
Once a branch is separated from the vine, it no longer has a life source. Likewise, once we are separated from Christ, we lose our life source and we slowly begin to die.