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The Fruit – Not Fruits – of the Spirit

Reference: Galatians 5:22-23

❤️ Love
Wanting and seeking what is good for others

😊 Joy
Deep gladness that isn’t dependent on circumstances

🕊️ Peace
Inner calm and trust in God

Patience
Enduring frustration or delay without losing your cool

🤝 Kindness
Treating others with care and compassion; love is the root of kindness

Goodness
Choosing what is morally right

🙏 Faithfulness
Being loyal and true to God, and being dependable to others

🌿 Gentleness
Strength expressed with humility and care

🛑 Self-control
Controlling your desires, reactions, and behavior

Notice that Paul says “fruit of the Spirit”, not “fruits”. These aren’t nine separate fruits that the Holy Spirit randomly hands out. The Spirit hands out all of them at once to all of us. We don’t get to pick and choose. You don’t get to say “patience is just not my jam”. It’s all your jam. Jam on it. Jam on it. Jam on and on and on it. $500 in Monopoly money to whoever got that 80s rap joke….