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Author: Pastor Faith Oyedepo

Topic: Building A Glorious Home (3)


Dear Reader,

From the first week of this month, we have been able to examine how to lay a strong foundation. We equally noted the major materials in building a glorious home. This week, we shall be looking at another wonderful material for building- Fruit of the Spirit.

The fruit of the Spirit equips you for peaceful and profitable co-existence with your family members. These help you to be able to live with every kind of character trait, and influence them positively.  This is actually the character of God, which makes God to be able to bear with all our idiosyncrasies and still reach out to us as His children. God’s Word says:  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law (Galatians 5:22-23).

Love – Total, unconditional, sacrificial and unending affection.

This makes you to have strong regard and attachment to family members. No one hates to be loved. Love is able to cover a multitude of sins, and seeks the welfare of every family member.

Joy – Gladness, delight, exuberance about life.

Joy is a state of proud and happy satisfaction; a feeling of extreme happiness and satisfaction. This causes you to look ahead to the future with great expectation of better happenings in your family.  A joyful man is an optimistic man.

Peace – State of rest, quietness, freedom from disturbance.

This stems from your trust in God to take care of you and your family, and to also change whatever habit or situation that needs to be changed.  Peace in the family starts from the heart. You cannot have peace in your family, if you lack peace in your heart and personal life.

Long Suffering – Patience, willingness to stick with something until it is accomplished.

This is born out of the conviction that all will be well; hence, you refuse to give up until your desired expectation happens.

Gentleness – Kindness, amiability, easy to get along with, always willing to help others. Being easy to get along with is one of the most effective ways to be a blessing to your family members.  It’s not being thoughtlessly harsh or severe. Gentleness makes you approachable and disposed to always be of help. Therefore, whenever there is a challenge, seek for ways to be involved in solving it.

Goodness – Benevolence, always willing to give to others.

You are always willing to give your time, substance, ideas, spiritual input, talents and abilities to the enhancement of the family. This means that selfishness is absent.

Faithfulness –Loyal, firm in adherence to promises, consistent and reliable. Such a person sees family as being fundamental; hence, he/she sticks to it to play his/her own part of making it work and succeed.

Meekness –Being teachable, correctable and humble. This talks about the absence of pride. Pride is the devil’s nature; therefore, wherever pride is missing, the devil will also be missing.  It is meekness that enables you to accept your faults and even apologise on someone else’s behalf. You are able to learn more of what you don’t know or even more of what you thought you already know.

Temperance – Self-Control– With this, you keep your feelings and emotions under surveillance and proper control. This will continually remind you not to talk and act the way you think all the time. It helps you to listen more and therefore, able to proffer better solutions to issues at hand.

HOW DO YOU DEVELOP THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

You need to know this because at new birth, you received a deposit of the righteousness of God, which make you become a tree of righteousness to bear fruits of righteousness. The fruits of the Spirit are actually fruits of the regenerated human spirit.

  • Seek for God’s Word that is relevant to the particular fruit, which you want to develop. God and His Word are one; hence, His character is resident in His Word.
  • Praying in the spirit: Your spirit is energized; thereby, stimulating the growth of the fruit of the Spirit.
  • Seek for opportunities to consciously exercise yourself in these areas. This also means to exercise yourself unto godliness.
Benefits of the Fruit of the Spirit
  • No law, principle or doctrine can stand against your family’s peace and fulfillment. This literally means that the devil cannot have a hold (whether legal or otherwise) over your family (Galatians 5: 22, 23).
  • God’s presence is established in your family, because God is love (1John 4: 8, 16).
For you to have the fruit of the Spirit in order to build a glorious home, you need the Master Builder, Who is able to build all things. His name is Jesus. That is what being born again is all about. Please say this prayer of faith and you shall be born again. “Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today.  I am a sinner. Forgive me of my sins and cleanse me with Your Blood. Deliver me from sin and satan to serve the living God.  I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Make me a child of God today. Thank You for accepting me into Your Kingdom.”
If you prayed this simple prayer, you are now a child of God. He loves you and will never leave you. Read your Bible daily, obey God’s Word and seek Christian fellowship (John 14:21).
Congratulations! You are now born again! All-round rest and peace are guaranteed you, in Jesus’ Name. Call or write, and share your testimonies with me through contact@faithoyedepo.org; OR 07026385437 and 08141320204.
For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work, Building A Successful Home and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored).


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