Last Tuesday I talked about outer beauty, so today I'm going to talk about inner beauty. People aren't going to only notice your outer beauty. They also notice your inner beauty. Are you displaying the fruit of the Spirit? [But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23] People are gonna know you're a Christian by how you look on the inside. Jesus tells this to His disciples: [Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. Matthew 7:15-20] If you're wondering what trees have to do with us, the trees represent people. If we don't bear good fruit, the fruit of the Spirit, then we will be cut down from God and be thrown into the fire, which is hell. How many hours do you spend every day making your outside look beautiful? What if we spent that much time every day making our inside look as beautiful as our outside? Think about it this way. When you die, do you want people to say "You know, she was really pretty." Or do you want them to say "You know, she was really loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self-controlled. I really saw Jesus in that girl." I know that I personally would much rather be remembered for my love of Christ than for my outer beauty. You should want that too. I used to struggle to show the fruits of the Spirit. Don't get me wrong, I still struggle sometimes, I'm far from perfect, but I'm better than I used to be. The thing that helped me to be better at showing Christ through the fruits of the Spirit, was practicing one new fruit every day. For example, today you'll focus on showing love to everyone around you, no matter how unlovable they may seem. That doesn't mean you disregard the other fruits today, it just means that you'll work extra hard to specifically show love. Then Wednesday you'll work on showing both love and joy. Then Thursday you'll work on love, joy, and peace and so on until you go through all nine fruits. If you need to, start over after you go through all the fruits. Keep starting over every nine days until you are able to show all the fruits every day to everyone. I started over several times until I got better. It won't be easy, trust me, but you'll find that it's so worth it when people start seeing the love of Christ in you. I know you can do it. I'm praying for you!
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