This is a really helpful overview of what it means to live by the Spirit. From KeyLife.org……….
Living in the Spirit

This is a really helpful overview of what it means to live by the Spirit. From KeyLife.org……….
This article focuses on humility, and how it is so vital in the expression of the fruits of the Spirit. From ScottSauls.com…………..
Humans just don’t like to wait. If you have children, you know that’s right. But us adults are really not that much more patient than our kids! From Crossway.org………….
The fruit of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit simply is the inner character of Jesus himself that is brought about in us through the process of Christian spiritual formation. It is the outcome of spiritual formation. It is “Christ formed in us.” It is called “fruit” because, like the fruit of trees or vines, it is an outgrowth of what we have become, not the result of a special effort to bear fruit. And we have become “fruitful” in this way because we have received the presence of Christ’s Spirit through the process of spiritual formation, and now that Spirit, interacting with us, fills us with love, joy, peace. . . .
From The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings on Discipleship. Copyright © 2006 by Dallas Willard. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
https://link.biblegateway.com/view/5ef563cdde770e7b86421930hdfav.cbs/b8a0ffaf
My take on this is that having a heart condition of joy in this sin-sick world is only possible through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. From Crosswalk.com……..
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/how-is-joy-a-fruit-of-the-spirit.html
Self-control is one of the fruits of the Spirit, so this article focuses on the hallmarks of someone with self-control. From Crosswalk.com…….
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/traits-of-someone-who-has-self-control.html
This article makes a really stupendous point: The changed life of a believer lived out is as great a miracle as those who went to Jesus with leprosy and then returned completely clean! From writtenforourinstruction.com……………………..
It is God’s intention that our lives should be a seamless manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (Galatians 5:22–23). He has made abundant provision for His indwelling our lives in the here and now. Appropriate attention to the care of our souls through His empowerment will yield this rich spiritual fruit and deliver us from the sad list of “deeds of the flesh” (Galatians 5:19–21). We can be channels of the grace of the risen Christ, and through our ministerial activities—speaking, praying, healing, administering—He can minister to others. But we must attend to the means of His grace in practical and specific ways to experience His life into and through our lives.
From The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings on Discipleship. Copyright © 2006 by Dallas Willard. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
More and more in our modern world, I see this one trait of true Christians as becoming more highlighted in how much it is lacking in the world (and even among many believers today!). From Stand to Reason…………….
https://www.str.org/w/a-key-ingredient-for-the-christian-life
God gave us our emotions, and they are good. But it is important for us to keep our emotions under the control of the Holy Spirit (self-control is a fruit of the Holy Spirit), and peace works to keep our emotions in line with the Spirit. An insightful article from BiblicalCounselingCenter.org………..