DAY 6: SATURDAY, 7TH JANUARY 2023
FOCUS: MANIFESTING EVIDENCE OF TOTAL AND TRUE
TRANSFORMATION II: BEARING THE FRUITS OF THE
SPIRIT
TEXT: ROM 12:1-2; GAL 5:22-23
INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE FOR EFFECTIVE AND FERVENT PRAYERS
It is a great thing to serve the lord, walking in the light of God. It is
quite rewarding to serve the lord, walking in absolute obedience to the
leading of the Holy Spirit. This is very necessary for man, born of woman,
born in the similitude of Adam, born with a sinful nature but who through
redemption has a chance to be saved, to truly enjoy God. The disobedience
of Adam landed the human race in a messy situation. Man became
depraved. Depravity is a state of distortion. It is a state that describes the
loss of glory. Thus, man became deprived: deprived of His glorious divine
nature, fellowship and divine presence. However, through the plan of
redemption, all that was lost through the first Adam was gotten back
through Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit.
Gal. 5:22-23, AMP
“But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence
within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an
even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence),
faithfulness, (AMP)Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control
(self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law
[that can bring a charge]”. (AMP)
The fruit of the Spirit gives us the power we need to rise above the
snares of the devil and the pull of this fallen world. They help us fulfill our
divine calling and keep us strong and stable to complete our God appointed
race on this earth.
The fruit of the spirit makes any believer to become a complete,
competent and all-round conqueror in all circumstances of life. The fruit of
the spirit ushers any believer to a true state of total transformation in life.
He or she can navigate any ugly situation triumphantly and successful. It has been said; there is no situation or temptation that a child of God will face that one of the fruits of the spirit will not enable him to overcome.
Yes, nothing the devil comes up with can defeat a believer who bears the
fruit of the spirit.
Therefore, the fruit of the spirit is a great maker, builder and
transformer. It equips to life for all kinds of unfavourable situations and
relationships. If you possess the fruit of the spirit, you will ever be sweet,
accommodating, gentle, patient, enduring, easily persuaded on the right
perspective, forgiving and treating others more than what they deserve.
The fruit of the spirit transformed believers from a raw and rough
nature to Christlike. There is nothing that makes a believer to be truly
Christlike than the fruit of the spirit when it comes through a genuine
heart.
If all believers in our mission bear the fruit of the spirit, there will be
peace, progress, genuine love for God and brethren, our lives will be so
magnetic, and attractive that the church will inevitably experience true
growth in all ramifications. When there is a crisis; it will be so easily
resolved because we are all transformed believers with truthfulness,
Christlikeness and no hypocrisy!We will pass the judgment accordingly,
without pinpointing who is wrong or what is missing.
Lastly, when we bear the fruit of the spirit, there will be holiness in
the place of righteousness Eccl 3:16. It will kill all manipulations of the
works of the flesh in our lives and Mission.
LET US PRAY
1. O Lord, thank You for the gift of Your Holy Spirit; wonderful provision
for the total victory of mankind.
2. O Lord, transform my life totally by empowering it to bear fruit of the
Spirit so that I will be able to rise above all snares of the devil and the
pull of this polluted world.
3. Father, open up my life for the fruit of the spirit to operate freely and
fully; so that it will help to fulfill my divine calling and keep me strong
and stable to complete my God appointed race on earth.
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