-Clippings From My Notebook/ Corrie ten Boom

--Living a Fruitful Life~~

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control."
[Galatians 5:22,23]KJV

Love is the love of Christ that passes knowledge.

Joy is the joy unspeakable and full of glory.

Peace is the peace that passes all understanding that Jesus promised when He said: "My peace I give unto you."

Longsuffering is forgiving--even your enemies, just as Jesus forgave His enemies when He was on the Cross.

Gentleness is the reproduction of the gentleness of Jesus.
Goodness is Christ-likeness: kindly dispositioin.

Faithfulness: The disciples were not always faithful. At the betrayal of Jesus in the garden they all forsook Him and fled. But when the Holy Spirit came down at Pentecost they all became faithful unto death.

Meekness is not the same as weakness. Nor is it a native fruit of the human heart. It is an exotic fruit of heaven.

Self-control is mastering the appetites and passions, particularly the sensual.

All this fruit can be seen in you, but only when you are in contact with the Vine, Jesus.~~