“Are you full of it? ...... Full of God’s love, peace, joy, patience, goodness, gentleness, kindness, faithfulness, and self-control?

To be full of the fruit of the Spirit takes sacrifice, surrender, and reliance on God alone. It takes surrender because the desires of the Spirit go against what our flesh desires. Galatians 5:19-21 gives us a list of the works of the flesh. This includes sexual immorality, jealousy, fits of anger, drunkenness, and more. When we don’t allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, we can become controlled by what our flesh desires.

The good news is that because of Jesus, we no longer have to live enslaved to our flesh. Yes, we still live in fleshly bodies on this side of eternity, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, we can overcome the temptations of sin. This is a continual process and work of the Spirit in our  ...