Got Fruit? Week 3 Notes
June 26, 2021

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Joy


You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. —Matthew 7:16-20


-Fruit is the external, identifiable evidence of what we are!


“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” —John 15:5


But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. —Galatians 5:22-23


Our love for others is our grateful response to the love God first demonstrated to us. —1 John 4:19


Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. —James 1:2-4


But You are holy, O You who inhabits the praises of Israel. —Psalm 22:3


You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. —Psalm 16:11


For the joy of the Lord is your strength. —Nehemiah 8:10


I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world —John 16:33


Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. —John 14:27


Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —Phillipians 4:6-7


For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, —Romans 14:17