• Home
  • About Off The Grid
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
  • How-To
  • Grid Threats
  • Survival
  • Gardening
  • Food
  • Worldview
  • Health
  • Privacy
  • Hunting
  • Defense
  • Financial
  • News
  • Misc
No Result
View All Result
  • How-To
  • Grid Threats
  • Survival
  • Gardening
  • Food
  • Worldview
  • Health
  • Privacy
  • Hunting
  • Defense
  • Financial
  • News
  • Misc
No Result
View All Result
Off The Grid News
Home Worldview

Understanding Fruit

by Marisa A
in Worldview
Print Print
Share on FacebookShare on XShare on TruthEmail Article

“The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”

            -Galatians 5:22


There are few things more precious than listening to hundreds of children sing about the fruit of the spirit; yet, that is exactly what I was able to experience a few weeks ago during our church’s Vacation Bible School. Every morning, the kids would acknowledge through song that the fruit of the spirit is not a coconut, or a cherry, or a grape. Instead, it is powerful emotions that guide our lives.

But why fruit? With all of the parables and examples available to Jesus, why would He choose to entitle this list fruit of the spirit?

Fruit has a very specific two-fold purpose. First, fruit works to sustains us. It is a healthy, God-given, and natural food source that keeps us healthy and balances our diet. More importantly though, is the fact that the fleshy portion of fruit protects the seed inside. It works to create a heartier seed that has the potential to spread even better seeds in the future.

This is the exact purpose the fruit of the spirit has for us. Living a life of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control sustains us. It gives us energy to go on when we may want to give up. And, allowing these emotions to be our focal point enables us live healthier lives. More importantly, when we keep these fruits of the spirit central in our hearts, we are protecting the seed of faith and hope God has planted in each of us. Because of this, we will be able to continue passing that seed on, knowing it has the ability to grow in others.

ShareTweetShareSend

Related Posts

The War Against Authority

The War Against Authority

by Bill Heid

The Breeding of Anarchy and Destruction of a Nation Exodus 22:28 declares, “Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse...

Why Tyranny Always Replaces Justice in Lawless Nations

Why Tyranny Always Replaces Justice in Lawless Nations

by Bill Heid

The Modernist Assault on the Concept of Treason Liberal seminary scholars have long insisted that the Pentateuch is a patchwork...

Why Christ Must Be Lord Over Reason

Why Christ Must Be Lord Over Reason

by Bill Heid

The Lordship of Christ Begins in the Mind When Christians speak of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, they often think...

Next Post
Effective Natural Cooling Strategies

Effective Natural Cooling Strategies

Please login to join discussion

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Right-to-Work Comes to Michigan, the Epicenter of Union Control

Right-to-Work Comes to Michigan, the Epicenter of Union Control

Fight the Big Drug Companies – Vitamin D and Sunshine as Preventative Medicine

Fight the Big Drug Companies – Vitamin D and Sunshine as Preventative Medicine

minnesota restriction on houses for rent

Town Bans Homeowners From Renting Their Property

TRENDING STORIES

  • bubonic plague

    Is Another Bubonic Plague Pandemic On The Horizon?

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Waco Fertilizer Plant Explosion & A Look Back On The “Waco Massacre”

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Make Yourself 3 Times More Likely To Survive A Heart Attack

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • AI Surveillance Of Shoppers: Walmart’s Newest Tool To Grab Your Data

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • ‘Apocalyptic’ Microchip Implants Are Here – And Being Inserted Into People’s Hands

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Subscribe to our Insider Newsletter

Huge discounts on off-the-grid gear and life saving supplements.






‘Off The Grid News’ is an independent, weekly email newsletter and website that is crammed full of practical information on living and surviving off the grid. Advice you’ll never hear from the mainstream media.

  • How-To
  • Grid Threats
  • Extreme Survival
  • Survival Gardening
  • Off-Grid Foods
  • Worldview
  • Natural Health
  • Survival Hunting
  • Privacy
  • Financial
  • Current Events
  • Self Defense
  • Home Defense
  • Pain-Free Living
  • Miscellaneous
  • Off Grid Videos

© Copyright 2025 Off The Grid News.  All Rights Reserved.

Privacy Policy   Terms & Conditions
No Result
View All Result
  • How-To
  • Grid Threats
  • Survival
  • Gardening
  • Food
  • Worldview
  • Health
  • Privacy
  • Hunting
  • Defense
  • Financial
  • News
  • Misc
  • Videos

© Copyright 2025 Off The Grid News.  All Rights Reserved.