Fruit of the Spirit

My Beloved, the fruit of the Holy Spirit is not a standard of behaviour to attain through performance and striving. The fruit of the Spirit is the Divine nature expressed through you as you live in union with Me. It is ‘Divine love in all its varied expressions’, which no amount of self-effort can achieve.

Let joy bring strength and hope to the world around you. Let peace flow from a heart and mind at rest, shutting down the chaos and turmoil coming against you. Let My kindness and goodness on display, lead to repentance. Remain steadfast in faith amidst the shaking, trusting in My faithfulness in all things. Protect tenderness of heart towards people but remain strong in spirit to overcome the works of the enemy and temptation of the flesh.

Sons and Daughters, this is who you are! Your identity as a new creation was settled at the cross. Do not let the pressures of life define you. Rest in the finished work of the cross, live from a mindset of victory and release the life of Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, from within to those around you. As you do, lives are transformed.

Activation 

Spend time resting in His presence and ask Holy Spirit to reveal where you default to self-effort or striving through lack of trust or unbelief. Repent and break agreement with any lies or partnership with the religious spirit, where necessary. Allow the Lord to bring healing and reveal the truth of your identity in Him. Give thanks to Jesus for His saving grace. Take time to sit and behold Him. As you do, focus on the attributes of His nature listed above and ask Holy Spirit to help you live in the truth of new creation living.

Romans 5: 1-2 (NIV)

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. 

Galatians 5: 22-23 (TPT)

It is joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action, a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart and strength of spirit. Never set the law above these qualities for they are meant to be limitless.