#839: Fruit of the Spirit

The average American consumes 90 bananas, 16 apples, and 122 strawberries per year. Those fruits are packed with vitamins and minerals. This nutrition is vital for growing boys . . . who prefer to gobble down pizza, hamburgers, and cookies. But even more important than physical fruit is spiritual fruit. Galatians 5:22-23 says that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These characteristics are essential...