Our background photo features a bee … reminding us that just as bees are vital for fruit and crops to be produced, so also the Holy Spirit is vital for Kingdom Fruit to be produced in our lives.
The characteristics of Kingdom Fruit are described in Galatians 5:22-23:
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
These characteristics of Kingdom Fruit closely parallel the description of LOVE, in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8:
“Love is patient,
love is kind.
Love does not envy,
Love does not boast,
Love is not proud.
Love is not rude,
Love is not self-seeking,
Love is not easily angered,
Love keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.”
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” -Matthew 5:9
