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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.\xa0 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.\xa0 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Galatians 5:16-25 (NIV)

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality,\xa0impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions\xa0and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.\xa0I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:16-25 (NIV)\xa0

But the fruit\xa0of the Spirit is love,\xa0joy, peace,\xa0forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,\xa0gentleness and self-control.\xa0Against such things there is no law. \xa0Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh\xa0with its passions and desires.\xa0 Since we live by the Spirit,\xa0let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:16-25 (NIV)

Work The Ground

\u201cThe farmer plants the Word. Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road. No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them.\u201d Mark 4:15-20 (MSG)

\u201cAnd some are like the seed that lands in the gravel. When they first hear the Word, they respond with great enthusiasm. But there is such shallow soil of character that when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it.\u201d Mark 4:15-20 (MSG)

\u201cThe seed cast in the weeds represents the ones who hear the kingdom news but are overwhelmed with worries about all the things they have to do and all the things they want to get. The stress strangles what they heard, and nothing comes of it.\u201d Mark 4:15-20 (MSG)

\u201cBut the seed planted in the good earth represents those who hear the Word, embrace it, and produce a harvest beyond their wildest dreams.\u201d Mark 4:15-20 (MSG)

Get Planted

Bring The Rain

Get Pruned

\u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.\xa0 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.\xa0 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.\xa0 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.\u201d John 15:1-6 (NIV)

\u201cI am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.\xa0 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.\u201c John 15:1-6 (NIV)

Bear Fruit

\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.\u2019 The second is this: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 There is no commandment greater than these.\u201d Mark 12:30-31 (NIV)

1:\xa0 Love has to be chosen.\xa0\xa0

2:\xa0 Love has to be demonstrated.

3:\xa0 Love has to be about them, not you.