THE FRUITS YOU BEAR DEFINES WHO YOU ARE

Bible Texts: Gal.5:22-24, Acts 1:1, Acts 10:38, Heb.12:2, Gen.8:22, Mk.9:29, Matt.7:7, Lk.18:1, Jn.3:5-7, 2Cor.5:17, 1Cor.13:4-8, Matt.5:14-16, Ps.1:1-3

Let begin today’s teaching by asking this question. What spiritual fruits are you producing? Before you answer, please let us read Galatians chapter 5 and verses 22 to 24

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires (Gal.5:22-24).

The perfect will of God for you is that you bear spiritual fruits after the nature and character of Jesus Christ who is the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman. This is because it is the fruits you bear that define who you are and what you are called, whether the good and godly husbandman or not. This is why the Scripture says, by their fruits you shall know them (Matt.7:16).

But for you to bear the fruits of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control as you lead your life and the lives of your wife and children, you must have the seeds of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control planted firmly in your heart. What this means is that you cannot produce the fruits for which you did not plant seeds. And if you want the seeds that will make you produce spiritual fruits, you must ask the Holy Spirit to shed the seeds abundantly in your heart and empower you to bear fruits. That is where the journey begins.

In Romans chapter 5, the Bible talks about the seeding carrying agent, the Holy Spirit.

For the love of Christ is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Rom.5:5).

The Person of the Holy Spirit is the carrier of the seeds that produce spiritual fruits that you require to justify your calling as the good and godly husbandman. He is also the Person who empowers you to produce these fruits in your life even as you lead yourself and your wife and children (Jn.14:26, Jn.15:5, Jn.16:24). So reach out to the Person of the Holy Spirit and ask Him to fill you with the nature of Jesus Christ and help you to display the Christ-like nature in all that you do, say, respond or react to. He is always willing to help if you are ready to come to Him, honestly and willingly.

Three steps are required of you, if you want to bear spiritual fruits like Jesus Christ, the perfect example of the good and godly husbandman.

The first step is to begin a quality relationship with Jesus Christ (Jn.3:5-7, 2Cor.5:17). The second step is for you to pray for the spiritual seeds to be firmly planted in your heart (Matt.7:7). The third step is for you to engage the force of prayer and fasting so that you can be empowered to bear spiritual fruits (Mk.9:29).

The fruits you bear for all to see is what defines who you are. Be like Jesus Christ! Bear His kind of fruits because that is what makes you the good and godly husbandman.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISE

• Father, in the Name of Jesus, fill my heart with spiritual seeds.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to nurture the spiritual seeds in my heart.
• Father, in the Name of Jesus, empower me to produce spiritual fruits.

FAITH CONFESSION

I am working with the Person of the Holy Spirit to receive spiritual seeds and to be empowered to produce spiritual fruits after the nature Jesus Christ because that is what makes me become the good and godly husbandman in Jesus name. Amen.

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