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Well, hey friends, welcome back to the Fruit of the Spirit summer series here on the Rizjo

Simons podcast. This summer, regardless of what's going on, whether it's restful or a little crazy,

whether you feel like it's a fruitful summer or not, my prayer is that through this small series,

we would just have opportunity to meditate

on God's work, to think on our growth, and to trust the Lord for the fruit that we long to see

in our lives. You know, this series is based on the fruit of the spirit that we find in Galatians

chapter 5, verse 22, but the fruit of the spirit that we find in Galatians chapter 5 verse 22.

But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, against such things, there is no law.

I don't know about you, but as I have been saying I think all summer so far, I sure can't

produce these things on my own. You and I cannot produce the fruit

of the spirit apart from the spirit, apart from the Lord working it out in our life, sanctifying us,

growing us, causing us to bear much fruit. And so throughout the summer, as we consider these nine

aspects of the fruit of the spirit, we're

meditating on scriptures that help us remember what it is that will cause this fruit to grow,

what it is to have these aspects of the fruit of the spirit. We've already talked about love,

joy, and peace, and today

we're on patience. And so if you haven't joined us up until now, I invite you to go back to

the beginning of the series and get caught up or just jump right on in right now. It's never

too late to join us. And so I'm so glad you're here.

And my prayer is that as these scriptures are read over us, that you might just take a deep

breath and say, Lord, I lack patience. I want your patience. I want to hear what you have to say

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