Bearing Fruit - Quit Striving Let the Holy Spirit Work

Have you every thought about working hard each day to be the very best person you can be? And how often do you succeed? Well, I've been thinking about this lately and I had an aha moment. As I begin a new series about the Fruit of the Spirit with the Kids in Connections (elementary) I realized today that Paul in Galations 5:22 was speaking about the Fruit of the _______? The Spirit, the Holy Spirit's characteristics. When you receive Jesus you receive the Holy Spirit as well therefore you receive the Spirit's characteristics. He, the Spirit, comes alongside you and begins to develop in you love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

We can Q-U-I-T striving and let the Spirit take control and He will build our character. We just have to do one thing, Let Him.

Spiritual Truth: Each person in the Spirit has the fruit differently, and each fruit has a different shape in each person -- but all the fruit will show themselves in each Christian as he or she goes deeper into their walk with the Spirit.