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[0:00] The 13th of January. What happens when we live God's way? And the Bible verse, if we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

[0:23] Galatians 5.25 I've tried to grow tomatoes, but the fruit I got for my efforts looked nothing like the fruit on the label that came with the young plants.

[0:40] Mine were poor specimens. God does not want us to be poor specimens as Christians, and the Holy Spirit has been given us to help us to develop a really fruitful Christian character that will truly look like the real thing.

[1:04] We read about this in Galatians 5.22-24. There we read what the fruit of the Spirit will look like in your life and mine when we ask for the Spirit's help.

[1:21] The end result will be a life that becomes more and more pleasing to God because it becomes more and more like the life of Jesus Christ.

[1:35] That's what the Holy Spirit wants us to develop. The life he wants in us is one dominated by love, both towards God and other people.

[1:49] It's a life full of joy and peace, both gifts left by Christ among his people when he ascended to heaven. My joy, my peace, I leave with you, said Jesus in John 14.27 and 15.12.

[2:10] Patience, goodness and gentleness show the way we should behave towards other people. Faithfulness, meekness and self-control are three ways in which we should manage our lives both before God and others.

[2:33] In all of this, we need the Spirit's help and it is his joy to give it. And a prayer.

[2:46] Dear Lord Jesus, I pray that the Holy Spirit's fruit will ripen in my life so that I may become more like you.

[2:57] Amen. Amen. Thank you.