'FRUIT' OF THE SPIRIT (cultivating fruitage of the Spirit as Christians from the inside)

[The Librarian]

'FRUIT' OF THE SPIRIT

 

If you take an orange and gently peel it, what kind of juice comes out? …Orange juice.

If you put an orange through a grinder or a juicer what kind of juice comes out? …Orange juice. 

If you take an orange and throw it against the wall, what kind of juice comes out? …Orange juice. 

If you take an orange and cut it with a knife, what comes out? …Orange juice. 

The only thing that can run out of an orange is what is already inside it.

It is the same with us as Christians. If we have cultivated the fruitage of the spirit: love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self control, that will not change- no matter how

people treat us..... If they gently peel away your skin to reveal your sweet side..... what's going to come out? … (Galatians 5:22-24) 
Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self-control. 

If they send you thru a grinder or a juicer by means of trials and tribulations..... what comes out? 

… love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self-control. 

If you are slammed up against a wall of opposition, what comes out? …If you have filled yourself with the fruitage of God's spirit, it is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 
mildness & self control.

If someone attacks you verbally as with a knife.......what comes out? It is what you already have 

inside you! Again- if we've worked hard to cultivate the fruitage of God's spirit, what will come out is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness & self control.

Just as the orange can only produce orange juice, regardless of the situation we are in, what we will 'pour out' is what we've already got stored inside us. 

So if we have worked hard to cultivate the fruitage of God's spirit, what will come out – in any situation – is the fruitage of that spirit