The Wonderful Fruit of the Spirit - it's just Christ in us!

[Vine Abider]

Read this today in the Supplied Life devotional, which goes along completely with this thread's thought (even our willingness is Christ in us!):

June 7th

An atmosphere of freedom

"I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart." Psalm 40:8

The very nature of God's move has nothing to do with the realm of coercing. It has everything to do with a group of people participating in the life of another Person who is absolutely willing--"I delight to do Your will, O My God" (Psa. 40:8; cf. Heb. 10:7). Willingness is not merely what is described in a dictionary--wanting to do something. No, that is the shell. The kernel and life- content of willingness is Christ. Just as all the virtues of the fruit of the Spirit are Christ, so also willingness is Christ. So whenever willingness is in you, you have met Christ in your being. You have met Him in the form of His disposition of willingness. That is His life. It is the nature of His life within us. It is the way He feels.

[steve morrow]

DEVOTED  

 

PSALM 19:9  the fear of  THE  LORD  is clean enduring forever the judgments of  THE  LORD  are true and righteous altogether 

--19:10--  more to be desired are they than gold yea than much fine gold sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb 

--19:11-- moreover by them is thy servant warned and in keeping of them there is great reward 

 

PROVERBS 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness in the midst of the paths of judgment

 

PSALM 119:38 establish thy word unto thy servant --who is devoted to thy fear--

 

PSALM 144:3  LORD  what is man that thou takest knowledge of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him 

1 THESSALONIANS 4:7  for  GOD  hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness 

 

EPHESIANS 5:3  but fornication --and all uncleanness-- or coveteousness-- let it not be once named among you as becometh saints 

 

PSALM 73:1  truly  GOD  is good to Israel even to such as are of a clean heart

PSALM 24:3  who shall ascend into the hill of  THE  LORD  or who shall stand in  HIS  holy place 

--24:4--  he that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully 

 

PSALM 15:1  LORD  who shall abide in thy tabernacle who shall dwell in thy holy hill

--15:2-- he that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh truth in his heart

 

ACTS 10:34  then Peter opened his mouth and said of a truth I perceive that  GOD  is no respecter of persons 

--10:35--  but in every nation he that feareth  HIM  and worketh righteousness is accepted with  HIM

 

EZEKIEL 18:20  the soul that sinneth it shall die the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him 

PROVERBS 10:2  treasures of wickedness profit nothing but righteousness delivereth from death

PROVERBS 8:8  all the words of  MY  mouth are in righteousness there is nothing froward or perverse in them 

PSALM 119:172  my tongue shall speak of thy word for all thy commandments are righteousness 

PSALM 119:138  thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful

 

 

ROMANS 6:16  know you not that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey his servants you are to whom you obey whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness 

 

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

[Alive]

We used to sing psalm 19 a lot.

[steve morrow]

WHAT  HAPPENED ??

 

EZEKIEL 33:32  and lo thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument for they hear thy words but they do them not