Fruit of The spirit

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

For family devotions I have been teaching about the fruit of the Spirit. For the life of me, I have always wondered why is was fruit, instead of Fruits since, it was a multiple list.

The first thing we learned is that "fruit" means result. The result of the spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Long suffereing, Gentleness,Goodness,Faith, Meekness, Temperance. It is a continuous list. It isn't an multiple choice so you can choose, which result you want, but all must be growing.

The thing with learning about the Fruit of the Spirit, it requires a word study on my part. The book I have been using is from reformers unanimous, the strongholds study course.

So we have incorporated Love, Joy, and working this week on Peace. Memorizing verses as we go along, to apply God's Word in our hearts with every little thing we do.

Having family devotions is more then reading the Bible and praying. It has to have application in my children's lives. they need to see how the Spirit can work through them and how it has worked through others in the past. That the Spirit, although not tangible, is still very real today.