Stop Trying

 Are you looking and trying to obtain Peace, Love, Patience, Faith, self-control? DON'T

What if I told you that looking for those traits or trying to get them in the flesh is a sin?

Suppose I told you, that you already have ALL of those traits and more in a supernatural way?

The Bible states we have God’s own nature/character already living inside of us. The Bible calls it the Fruit of the Spirit which is: Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Patience and Self-Control. We DO NOT have to cry out to God begging Him to “give us more”, He already has and by asking God for it, we are denying the Holy Spirit already lives in us and that is a sin. 

HOW CAN A PERSON SAY THEY HAVE FAITH, WHEN THEIR ACTIONS SHOW SOMETHING ELSE? 

We’ve been taught in church and in Christian songs to call down the Holy Spirit, for the Spirit to rain down on us, to enter this building, to come fill us, to “wait” on the Spirit to arrive, etc.. Everyone of those are DENYING THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALREADY LIVING IN YOU. How can we say we have faith in God’s word and then allow a “song” or a person (pastor, evangelist, seminar leader, author, etc.) to convince us that we have to wait for the Holy Spirit to come to us AGAIN? The Bible undeniably states the Holy Spirit is ALREADY LIVING IN US AS BELIEVERS……..

What you should be doing is asking God to help show you HOW to release His Spirit in you. HOW to release and allow His Fruit to flow through you.  We need to draw close enough to the Holy Spirit so His Fruit can manifest in our lives.

We have been taught and trained to do everything in the flesh, we might ask God for help, but then we turn around and do it in our own flesh.  

For example, the Bible says PERFECT LOVE cast out all fear. Then why do people keep trying to obtain perfect love on their own, by gritting their teeth in determination, trying and practicing to be a better person? It is ONLY through the Holy Spirit manifesting and flowing through you that you will receive God’s perfect love. 

Pray, read the Bible to understand who God is, and worship God with the DESIRE to allow His Spirit to flow and manifest in your life.  Then and ONLY then can you live daily by the Holy Spirit and not the Flesh. Then and ONLY then will you be free of the guilt, condemnation, anger, bitterness, fear, anxiety, worry, loniless and insecurity that are satan’s TOOLS (works of the flesh) against people. 

Galatians 5: 19-25 shows us exactly what the fruit of the flesh are (satan’s fruit) and the fruit of the Spirit are:

“Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness (faith),  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”

You are ALREADY FREE, you ALREADY have ALL of the Holy Spirit's blessings of Love, Joy, long suffering (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness (faith), gentleness and self-control living in you. it's not a matter of getting it, it's a matter of releasing it.