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Hi everybody
I hope that your Easter weekend was a great one and, that as you reflected upon
the passion of the Christ and all that goes with this most amazing story, that your
life would have been impacted afresh.
For the next eleven weeks we will be back focusing on the work of the Holy Spirit
and at this particular time we will specifically be looking at the FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT.
On Sunday I introduced the theme to you by challenging one of the clichés that we
so often hear in our churches today and that is, “All that God requires of me is
faithfulness”. I am sure that there is an immense amount of truth in that
statement, but I would like to remind you over the course of this next week that
faithfulness, as good as it is, is probably just not good enough. As I read the Bible I
see God’s demand for FRUITFULNESS as well. I realise that there will be a direct
link between the two of these, but I trust that as we focus specifically upon the
fruit in our lives that is indicative of a close walk with Christ, that you will be
inspired to journey with me into finding the truth of what this means.
We will be focusing on two primary portions of Scripture:John15 v 1 – 8 and
Galatians 5 v 22 – 25.
I hope that this week’s devotionals will speak to you as much as they have to me.
God Bless
Trevor and Helene