We live to declare the work (s) of the Lord ~ Psalm 118:17 which is that He is the Creator of all things seen and unseen ~ COL 1:16 and in Him we live, move and have our being ~ Acts 17:28
... what then are we to do???
Galatians 5:22~
....the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, NLT
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, NIV
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ESV
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, BSB
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, BLB
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, NASB
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, KJB
Why is patience translated as longsuffering in the King James, or ask why has long suffering been translated as patience in all the rest...Does it matter? Aren't they the same? Yes, because being patient means tolerating and preserving without compliant and in that can be the experience of long suffering and is....
To be a child of God means to have been chosen by God to display the fruits of the Holy Spirit. To be a child of God means to have been chosen to have heard His voice and responded. Examine yourself first and not others for fruits and you will know if you were called and have responded.
Are you showing love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness? These 'fruits' can be shown by you and or appear in you (seen by others) in the smallest of everyday life situations. And, they are not works by you but of the Holy Spirit in you.
Such fruits came as naturally as the fruit that appears on a 'fruit' tree... How? In your response to God, as the fruit tree responds to the sunlight. When you respond to His love then your Love God comes 'naturally' and you put Him first and foremost which makes loving your neighbor as yourself a no 'brainer' so to speak.
Share 'declare' what the Lord has done. What has He done? He is the Creator of all things, in Him we live, move and have hour being ~ Acts 17:28. There is never enough declaration for the works of the Lord. Love God and experience Joy, Peace and out of long suffering for that Love, Joy and Peace will come gentleness and goodness and faith!
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