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

2. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power 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.

3. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 1. Kindness Romans 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.”

4. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 1. Kindness Colossians 3:12 “Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

5. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 2. Goodness Psalm 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.”

6. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 2. Goodness Romans 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.:

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

8. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 3. Faithfulness Questions: 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.”

9. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 4. Gentleness Matthew 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…”

10. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 4. Gentleness Philippians 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.”

11. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ A Spirit filled life that bears much fruit is a holy and powerful witness to our world 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?

12. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 5. Self Control Proverbs 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.”

13. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ 5. Self Control Questions: 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?

14. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ A Spirit filled life that bears much fruit is a holy and powerful witness to our world 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

15. Fruit Salad Part 14 – ‘Appropriating the Power of the Holy Spirit’ John 15:8 “This is to my Father’s glory that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

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17. 2Peter 1:5-8 Through 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.