DAILY-E-VOTIONAL
BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART
Pastor Cecil A. Thompson
August 30, 2016
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“FRESH FRUIT!”
Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law”
It is that special time of year when the fruit ripens on the trees ... sweet, delicious, and ready to eat. It makes my mouth water just thinking of a perfectly ripe and juicy peach! I know, however, that in just a few short weeks the weather will turn bitterly cold and throughout the months of winter, this tree that now produces such tasty fruit will stand stark and bare, naked of its delicious produce.
God promises us a fruit of the Spirit that never passes away! The fruit that we read about in today’s Scripture is a fruit that meets the deepest needs of the human soul. It is fruit that produces life.
Years ago I was teaching a Sociology class at Boise State. With about 120 indifferent students staring at me, I gave them their first assignment -- to write the three things they desired most in their life. To be sure, there were a few ridiculous answers, but a wide majority listed the first three fruits of the Spirit: LOVE, JOY, PEACE.
People seek these attributes in many different ways, and quite a few of those ways are detrimental to themselves and others. The fruit that God promises, however, will always produce a spirit that brings comfort and healing to ourselves as well as others. Get God’s fresh fruit!
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
- - - Pastor Cecil
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