Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ ‘The Fruit of the Holy Spirit’

Fruit SaladPart 14 – ‘Appropriating

the Power of the Holy Spirit’

‘The Fruit of the Holy Spirit’



Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.



1. KindnessRomans 2:4 “God’s kindness is intended to

lead you to repentance.”

Ephesians 2:7 “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”



1. KindnessColossians 3:12 “Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”



2. GoodnessPsalm 25:8 “Good and upright is the Lord.”

Psalm 34:8 “Taste and see that the Lord is good;”

Luke 18:19 “No-one is good except God alone.”



2. GoodnessRomans 15:14 “I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.”

2 Thessalonians 1:11 “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.:



A Spirit filled life that bears

much fruit is a holy and

powerful witness to our world

3. Faithfulness“I do not pray for success, I pray for

faithfulness.” Mother Teresa



3. FaithfulnessQuestions: Do you know that you are doing the Lord’s work? Have you been faithfully honest in all of your business dealings and/or life matters? Have you lapsed or countered the truth of God’s word?Galatians 6: 9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”



4. GentlenessMatthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek,

for they will inherit the earth.”

2 Corinthians 10:1 “By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you…”



4. GentlenessPhilippians 4:5 “Let your gentleness be

evident to all.”

1Peter 3:15 “…do this with gentleness and respect.”

1 Timothy 6:11 “But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.”



A Spirit filled life that bears much fruit is a holy and


Questions: Do your interactions with others have a gentle or a forceful approach to people? Fathers, do your children see and experience the gentleness of Christ within you? (They love it) Do we rise up defensively when our feelings or buttons are pressed?



5. Self ControlProverbs 25:28 “Like a city whose

walls are broken through is a person who lacks self control.”

Proverbs 16:32 “Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”



5. Self ControlQuestions: Do you go with the Spirit’s leading and discipline yourself to do what he says no matter how inconvenient it might be at the time? Do you exercise self control on the roads? Are you self controlled in you interactions with others or do you find yourself raising your voice in the heat of the moment?



A Spirit filled life that bears much fruit is a holy and


Bearing much fruit leads to three essential aspects of our faith:

1. Glorifies the Father, 2. Reveals you are Christ’s disciple and 3. Demonstrates the work of the Holy Spirit in

your life



John 15:8

“This is to my Father’s glory that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”





2Peter 1:5-8Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.

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Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ ‘The Fruit of the Holy Spirit’