What does SPG look like in a person's life?
Consider the following promises of God. Are you experiencing these blessings each day? Mark the ones with a plus sign that you feel you experience and a minus sign if you feel this is a weak area.
Fruit of the Spirit:
- having a joy & peace that passes all understanding, no matter my circumstance
- having a love for God that is full of affection & passion for His presence
- having a faith that moves mountains & heals my broken heart as well as others
- having a patience that is long suffering & steadfast without selfish agenda
- having a meekness/humility and mildness that cares for God's people naturally
- having a goodness that comes from an upright heart
- having a gentleness from moral goodness and integrity
- having self-control [being without excessiveness in thought, action or feeling], experiencing every spiritual blessing
Freedom from Sin:
- without responding to sinful cravings within me
- without dissentions from me that could cause divisions/factions
- without jealousy
- without coveting
- without sinful ambition
- without hate
- without deceit
- without participating in factions
- without malice and gossip
- without hypocrisy
- without boasting
- without lusting
- without false witness and slander
- without haughty eyes
- without manipulation and scheming
- without discord from me
- without anxiousness
- without worry and stress
- without lying
- without pride
Having His Passion for People:
- having a burning compassion for the lost
- being one in my marriage and family
- loving my enemies
- full of generosity
- giving grace to others
- compassionate at just the right times
- my righteousness God bubbling over from within me to others
- exhibiting justice at the right moments
- loving others actively and deeply
Personal Vitality:
- being in the presence of God continually
- no longer drawn to wrong desires
- in the middle of the will of God continually
- being "in Him" and not sinning
- confessing and repenting immediately upon recognition of sin, remaining in His presence
- experiencing freedom from sin, without restraint and obligation, but because of my love for Him
- looking for the return of Jesus
- experiencing holiness often
- being one with the Father and the Son
- overflowing in thankfulness
- always in joyful obedience
- finding satisfaction in life, which is a gift from God
Blessings from the Promises of God:
- He desires to give me every spiritual blessing in Christ
- He is my shield, help & guidance
- He offers me intimacy with Him personally
- He rescues & delivers me
- He listens to me & answers
- He sustains me
- He causes me to be more productive
- He is merciful
- He gives me wisdom & understanding
- He leads me
- He comforts me
- He wants me to be one with Him & others
- He multiplies my fruit: 30,60, 100 times
- He gives me His power
- He gives me His favor
- He protects me
- He strengthens me
- He revives my soul
- He trains my hands for battle
- He stoops down to make me great
- He ends my striving
- He frees me of anxiousness, worry & stress
- He works all things for good in my life
- He never forsakes me
- He directs my paths & makes them straight
- His love never fails me
- In Him, I lack no good thing
- He stirs my heart to a noble theme
- He creates a pure heart & a steadfast spirit within me
