Joy Brackett: Outside Reading (Fruits of the Spirit)

The Fruits of the Spirit are listed in Galatians 5:22-23. They are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Earlier in Galatians it mentions how if we truly know God and are seeking after him, then these fruits will be produced. Just like a seed that grows this tree of fruit. The seed is what is producing such fruit, therefore without the seed, nothing is produced. These traits are not something we can work on in our own power, but we must invest in Christ and be rooted in Him, and these things will naturally be seen within us. It is not done by our own power, but through the power of Christ alone.