“The Real You God Wants to Grow”
📖 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…”
—Galatians 5:22–23 (NKJV)
You’ve probably been told to “be kind” or “show patience” more times than you can count. But here’s the thing—you can’t fake the fruit of the Spirit. Not for long.
It doesn’t come from trying harder. It comes from being changed from the inside out.
The Holy Spirit isn’t interested in your image—He’s interested in your heart. And when you walk with Him, He grows fruit that reflects the character of Jesus. Not perfectly. Not all at once. But steadily.
The more you let Him lead, the more you’ll notice real change: anger replaced with patience, fear with peace, harshness with gentleness.
You’re not stuck being “who you’ve always been.” The Spirit is growing the real you—one who looks more like Christ.
Challenge:
Ask the Holy Spirit to show you which “fruit” He wants to grow in you right now. Then give Him room to work.
Prayer:
Holy Spirit, grow something real in me. Make me more like Jesus—not in just what I say, but in how I live. Amen.
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I’m a follower of Christ, learning daily to walk the narrow path laid out in His Word. Through Rooted & Raised: Anchoring Women & Children in Christ, I simply seek to point others back to Scripture, tested by the Holy Spirit, lived out in faith, and anchored in truth.
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