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What Do You See?

 You can tell when a woman spends a lot of time in a beauty and fashion world because it is quite visible on her. She is being shaped by what she spends time with.

You can tell when a woman spends a lot of time in essential oil discussions because it is visible, and you probably hear about it, and you will more than likely smell it too.

You can tell when someone is spending a lot of time in the world of enneagrams or similar personality studies. Why? Because it is usually right out there on the surface.  They mention their wings or laugh at something because you must be a 5. It is apparent how they have been spending their time.

What about this glorious comment in Acts 4: "They realized that they had been with Jesus"-because of their boldness and the fact that they were not trained for speaking by their education. This was the Holy Spirit making it clear that Peter and John had been with Jesus.

Could people NOW tell that WE have been with Jesus? That we pray? That we read our Bibles? That we believe? That we trust him in trials? That we rely on His grace? Yes. It is a visible thing, just not a popular one.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, 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.  Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. " Galatians 5:22 NKJV

The fruit of the Spirit is visible. We should be walking in it. It should be evident to others that we aren't envious even though our culture trains for envy. Because we have joy (even when we are not in happy circumstances ). We have self-control and faithfulness and goodness and gentleness--and we have all of those things against all odds.

There is only one way to have the fruit of the Spirit and it is through the Spirit. The one way to have it is to be with Jesus.

The world is trying to train you for something else. Read your Bible. 

Much Love,

Beth

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