Session 11 – Hearkening to the Fruit of the Holy Spirit
We will continue to encourage you to refresh each physical and emotional exercise by connection with the previous exercises as they all build on one another. Take the time multiple times each day to repeat these sessions. Repeat the course as often as you feel the need. You may do them separately one after another immediately, but the results may not be as dramatic or as impactful as if you allowed time to pass between each exercise. You may find that if you allow a half an hour to a full day or week between sessions you may contemplate the results of each session, digesting the truth. Everyone has a friend or acquaintance that we know so well that we can tell by their voice or body language when they are happy, sad, angry, scared, worried or tired. You just know. Soon you will know when the Holy Spirit is sharing His feelings with you in much the same way. So far you have been making the initial contact in every session, requesting our Father to send the Holy Spirit to you so that you may begin to build this relationship. All you will need to do is be still and know that you are in the presence of God (Psalm 46:10). We need to spend quiet time with God. Prayers are wonderful but not if all you are doing is giving God a list of you complaints and wishes. How would you feel if that is the only way your parents, your boss, your teachers, your mate, or children treated you? Griping, grumbling, begging and pleading get old. God wants us to learn better ways to communicate with everyone, including Him. The ‘fruit’ of the Holy Spirit is unmistakable when you are finally able to recognize it, to hearken to it, and live it. In this session we will be exploring the emotional and physical attributes and attitudes of the Holy Spirit, known as the ‘Fruit’ of the Holy Spirit. The fruit is found in Galatians 5:22–23: ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.’ Why? Because there is no id involved, no self-idolatry, no greed, no self-love, no self-promotion, no negative proud-filled self at all. Now read Galatians 5:22–24, any version, out loud and pay attention to verse 24. Each time you do this exercise there is a very good chance that you will feel a different ‘Fruit’ of the spirit or a different intensity of that fruit. Remember to address all prayers to the Father, and that whatever you ask for do it in the name of Jesus, according to His will. (Now read 1 John 5:14, John 9:31, Peter 3:12, Matthew 6:6, Romans 8:26, John 16:23-24, Matthew 21:22, John 15:7.) Exercise 11- When you start, repeat lesson 8, giving love to every thought, then ask the Lord, in Jesus name to please request of the Holy Spirit to present itself to you through one of the fruits listed above. Whichever one immediately pops up… whether softly or powerfully, embrace it, wallow in it, and sink deeply into the emotion, the intensity, any fragrance, tingling, and a breeze, warm or cold, with laughter or tears. Be hyper aware of the very first thing that you experience after asking for this. You may not know the name of the ‘Fruit’ you are experiencing at the moment but you will in time as it becomes more familiar. You may recognize it instantly as an old familiar friend that you have missed for a long time. Open your heart to it, feel it every way possible, and simply be there thanking the Holy Spirit for this chance to share and learn. Accept it, extend love to this feeling and allow your heart to fully become one with this attribute. This may become overwhelming to the point of joyous tears in a matter of moments or a sweet sensation that lasts 5 to 30 minutes. Do not squelch the Holy Spirit. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:19, any version, out loud, now. Allow the feelings to gently slip away. Feel the peace and love that passes all understanding (Read Philippians 4:7 and Ephesians 3:14-21 out loud). End this exercise with a thankful prayer to God (in Jesus name) for this blessing. Begin your exercise now. When done… Continue to repeat your exercises as often as you can throughout each day. You have the ears of the child of God to hear. You have the feelings of Christ to express all levels and types of a Holy Love. You are His Child, and you will now begin to act like it from the inside out. Give God praise, thanks and all the glory.
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