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May 13, 2018

“Fruit in the Middle of the Mess” “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control..” Galatians 5:22-23

→We can’t understand the ministry of Jesus apart from the ministry of the Holy Spirit. →We can’t understand the ministry of the Holy Spirit apart from the ministry of Jesus.

Is the Holy Spirit honored or ignored? →The first appearance of the Spirit: “the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface [chaos]…” Genesis 1:2

The Spirit’s fruit is: 1) Organic 2) Inevitable

3) Symmetrical -Concatenated 4) More Quiet than Flashy Steps to grow fruit: → Don’t just focus on the fruit of the Spirit, but the Spirit that produces the fruit.

“But I say, walk by the Spirit…” Galatians 5:16 “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25

→ Be attentive and responsive to the Spirit’s leading.

“And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit…was led by the Spirit into wilderness…” Luke 4:1

In quiet times… In the middle of the mess…

→ Don’t treat the Holy Spirit as a guest: treat him as a resident.