Well here we go ladies! Our first topical series! I’m so excited to dive into this with you, and grow with you. I will be breaking down each “fruit” and going into depth of what that looks like and means. So we can truly grasp what the meaning is of baring the fruit of the Spirit and growing in them in our daily walk with Jesus! I pray that the Lord would truly bless you and grow you in His own individual way with you! Love you sweet girls! Lets get started!
Galatians 5:22-23
The Fruit of the Spirit is love… Now when us gals think of love, what comes to mind? A romance novel? A relationship? Marriage?…Let me ask you another question, where did love actually come from? From our parents because they’ve loved us? Or our siblings? Friends? Grandparents? What I can tell you is that it didn’t come from any of those places. It wasn’t created by Nicolas Sparks, or our parents. So where did this come from? Well, It came from our Father in Heaven. He is love.
Now, you’re probably thinking well, what does love look like? And again I’m sure one of the Nicolas Sparks novels comes to mind. Showing acts of kindness, and giving. But have you ever thought that there's more then that? That love is more than a feeling. Love goes much deeper. There's only one example I can give you of love. It starts with Jesus and the cross. God loves us so much He did more then that boy did on valentines day when he gave you flowers and chocolate. God gave His ONLY Son. For YOU. Jesus did more then the boy who stepped away quietly from his friends to go talk to you. He walked publicly. The road to Calvary, carrying the heavy cross. Our weight of sin. Jesus did more then the boy who took you to the movies because he liked you a little bit. He died. Because He wanted to spend an eternity with you. That boy said I love you over a text. Jesus thought of you every nail that went through His body and said I LOVE YOU by giving Himself a living sacrifice. So are you starting to see where love came from and what it really looks like? We only love because HE first loved us. When we are growing with our Lord and Savior. We will love like Him. Have a heart of love and compassion like Him. No, we aren’t going to love at all times its going to be hard. But with the Holy Spirit dwelling in us and growing us. It will become easier. Our only desire will be to love.
So sisters. Are you loving today? Are you loving the Lord will all your heart, body, mind, and soul? Are you loving those around you? Are you showing that love towards your neighbors? We have so many false witnesses of love around us, in this world. And our society has made it out to be something its not. By playing with our minds. And our precious hearts. When we look to the worlds idea of love we are gonna be hurt and disappointed and unsatisfied. But when we look to the face of God for love. We will see something so satisfying, so beautiful, and so unbelievable! So today. Ladies I challenge you with this. Love like Jesus does. Have the loving and compassionate heart towards your family, friends, and others. And I didn’t mean to bash on the dudes. There are a lot of guys out there girls. That think they know what love is. But if they’re not a Christian, all they know is worlds idea of love. I promise you that God fearing man will come along and show you the love of Christ. When the time is right. They are still out there and God is preparing him now. But ladies while we are waiting. Are you loving? Are you growing in love?
Love goes deeper than words and movies. Its takes actions and sacrifice.
Hope I didn’t come across as harsh. I just wanted you to see the true love that’s been made for us. They love waiting for us. The love we need to really be living out…The Love of CHRIST.
LOVE in HIM
Here‘s what God‘s Word says about love….
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
1 John 4:19 - We love Him because He first loved us.
John 13:34-35 - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 13:8 - Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Ephesians 4:1-3 - I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
1 John 4:10-12 - 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
Matthew 5:43-48 - 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 - Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
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