Be Like A Tree 7 - Fruit Types
True Church Perspective
G. Craige Lewis
4.9 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We welcome you now to a true church perspective with Pastor G. Craig Lewis. |
| 0:07.0 | The fruit of the spirit is not a collection of virtues we strive to attain through human effort. |
| 0:13.0 | It is the evidence of a life yielded to the spirit of God. |
| 0:17.0 | It is not manufactured by discipline or human willpower. It is not a product of religious rituals or traditions. |
| 0:24.6 | The fruit of the spirit is the natural outgrowth of a person who walks in true fellowship with the Holy Spirit. |
| 0:30.6 | When a tree is healthy, it does not struggle to produce fruit. The fruit appears naturally as a result of its connection to the soil, the sun and the water. |
| 0:41.3 | Likewise when we are connected to the Spirit of God, our lives will bear the evidence of His presence. |
| 0:47.3 | Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, these are not qualities we put on like garments. |
| 0:56.0 | They flow from the life of God within us. |
| 0:59.1 | The fruit of the spirit is evidence of a transformed life. |
| 1:02.9 | It is not something that can be faked or manufactured through temporary self-improvement. |
| 1:08.8 | Many people attempt to modify their behavior by exerting effort to be more loving, more patient or more self-improvement. Many people attempt to modify their behavior by |
| 1:11.3 | exerting effort to be more loving, more patient, or more self-controlled. However, |
| 1:16.3 | these efforts often result in frustration because they stem from human |
| 1:20.7 | rather than divine transformation. True character change happens when the Holy |
| 1:25.0 | Spirit works from within, changing the very essence of who we are when we submit to him our thoughts actions and |
| 1:31.9 | attitudes are molded into the likeness of Christ the fruit of the Spirit is not |
| 1:36.4 | an external performance but an internal reality it is the mark of a person |
| 1:40.9 | who has truly encountered God and allowed him to take full control. |
| 1:45.0 | When you allow the Holy Spirit to work on you because you're intimate with him, remember this, |
| 1:52.0 | people around you will be fed by you. Your spouse will say, my husband is awesome. Your kids will say my husband is awesome your kids will say I have the best dad the |
| 2:06.9 | church will say we're so blessed to have this person remember this when your |
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