The Fruit of the Spirit: Becoming the Person God Wants You to Be

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Thomas Nelson, May 11, 2010 - Religion - 192 pages
Nothing Beats the Taste of Fresh FruitWould you like true fulfillment in your life? Health in your relationships? Victory over anxiety and conflict? You can have them—if you let God’s Spirit grow his fruit in your heart.In The Fruit of the Spirit, Tom Trask and Wayde Goodall take you for a close look at love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and the rest of the fruit of the Spirit. Here is a passionate and illuminating look at what happens to your thoughts, emotions, and actions when you live each day in intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Drawing from the storehouse of God’s Word, Trask and Goodall sow seeds of insight into your heart that both convict and encourage. They show how you can cooperate with God’s work in your life. And they offer true-life examples of the difference you, too, can make when you let the Holy Spirit reproduce the character of Jesus within you.Your witness for Christ is as good as the fruit your relationship with him produces. The Fruit of the Spirit points you toward a lifestyle that makes the Gospel you proclaim attractive to others because they can see its results.

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Contents

Acknowledgments 67
6
Love
25
Joy
43
Peace
58
Patience
74
Kindness
90
Goodness
103
Faithfulness
122
Gentleness
137
SelfControl
150
Winning the Battle Within
166
Notes
185
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Thomas E. Trask is general superintendent of the Assemblies of God and chairman of the Pentacostal World Conference. A graduate of North Central Bible College, Minneapolis, MN, he served 25 years as a pastor and was superintendent of the Michigan district and general treasurer of the Assemblies of God before election to lead the fellowship in 1993. He came into office calling for a fresh Pentecostal revival in the Assemblies of God.

Wayde I. Goodall is the coordinator of the Office Enrichment Ministry General of the Assembly of God. He's also the executive director of Enrichment, a Pentecostal ministry magazine. He was a pastor for 20 years, then a missionary, and now carries out duties as a pastor to pastors at the Assembly of God. He and Thomas Trask have co-authored two books Previews of Life and The Battle and The Blessings.

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