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Spiritual Growth and Life's Fruit

This document discusses the fruits of the Holy Spirit and how they are manifested in our lives and relationships. It states that our lives will produce either good or bad fruits depending on whether we are led by the Holy Spirit or our own desires. The fruits of the Holy Spirit, including love, joy and peace, not only make our own lives better but positively influence others. When we live according to the Spirit, it has eternal consequences and impacts all of our relationships.

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Spiritual Growth and Life's Fruit

This document discusses the fruits of the Holy Spirit and how they are manifested in our lives and relationships. It states that our lives will produce either good or bad fruits depending on whether we are led by the Holy Spirit or our own desires. The fruits of the Holy Spirit, including love, joy and peace, not only make our own lives better but positively influence others. When we live according to the Spirit, it has eternal consequences and impacts all of our relationships.

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THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

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SYNOPSIS
“So by their fruits you will know them” - Matthew 7:20

By the way we live and how we treat people, our lives


produce some type of fruit. The sort of fruit our lives produce has
eternal consequences for us personally as well as a profound im-
“The fruits are signs
pact on those people we love. In fact, our fruit impacts all of our or manifestations
relationships, from the most casual to the most intimate. When that our life is being
we live animated by the Holy Spirit, our lives produce fruit that transformed or
not only makes our own life more peaceful, patient, and loving perfected by God.”
but also influences positively those whom we encounter each and
every day. - C AT E C H I S M o f t h e C at h o l i c c h u r c h 1 8 3 2 -

DISCUSSION REFLECTION
1. What words would people who
know you best use to describe
Come Holy Spirit. KEY TEXTs
the fruit your life produces? How Make some time when you are
GALATIANS 5:17-23 “For the
about those who are merely ac- able to be quiet and still before
flesh has desires against the Spirit,
quaintances? Is there a difference? the Lord. Invite the Holy Spirit to
and the Spirit against the flesh; these
show you the fruit of your life.
are opposed to each other, so that
2. Obviously there is a tension
you may not do what you want. But
between the works of the flesh The good things that you do are
if you are guided by the Spirit, you are
and the fruit of the Spirit. How a grace of living a life led by the
not under the law. Now the works of
and when do you experience this Spirit of God. There is also always
the flesh are obvious: immorality, im-
tension? When do you experience room for greater conversion.
purity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery,
victory over the works of the God’s Spirit is always available to
hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of
flesh? you in order to bring forth new
fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions,
fruit in your life. Where is
factions, occasions of envy, drinking
3. The fruits of the Holy this most needed?
bouts, orgies, and the like. I warn you,
Spirit are a visible sign
of your relationship love, Joy, Pray that your rela-
as I warned you before, that those

peace
who do such things will not inherit
with God. Where do tionship with the Holy
the kingdom of God. In contrast, the
you see God working Spirit would produce
GALATIANS 5:22 fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
in your life? abundant fruit.
patience, kindness, generosity, faith-
fulness, gentleness, self-control.”

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