Thoughts

I read today…

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”   Galatians 5:22 NAS

This is the fruit that the Holy Spirit grows and the life of the one who has Christ as Lord and Savior. We become a new creation — a whole new person changed from the inside out. The God of Creation makes us into the person He wants us to become. Through His work in us we become more and more like Jesus, who lived a life without sin.

I can’t do this through my own efforts. I fail miserably.

This is radical change brought about by God and it is beyond the ability of any person to do it on their own. It’s only possible when someone has been born again by the proactive power of God in the Person of the Holy Spirit.

This change is through faith in Christ — change is NOT the means of attaining right standing with God by cleaning up our life on our own.

This radically changed life is the offer to us from God Himself.  It is a free gift– we must simply receive the solution Jesus has offered.

That’s my Trumpet blast for the day.

Pat Pearce