Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14 (NKJ)

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. 14 Therefore He says:

“ Awake, you who sleep,

Arise from the dead,

And Christ will give you light.”

Scripture: Galatians 5:22I(NKJ)

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Journal: What about these scriptures are similar? Answer the following questions.

Love – How can you love someone today?

Joy – What about God makes you smile?

Peace – What area of your life needs the peace of God today?

Longsuffering – How can suffering produce fruit of the spirit (look at the life of Jesus)?

Kindness – Think of someone who isn’t kind to you and bless them with kindness

Goodness – Give your time today to help someone

Faithfulness – How can you please God by being faithful?

Prayer Starter – God I desire to reproduce godly fruit in my life. I am no longer in darkness, but in your light! As a child of light help me to reproduce the fruit of the Spirit for the glory of Jesus!

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:27

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually

Scripture: Hebrews 10:25

25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Learn: Remember that Jesus did not die for buildings, He died for people. You are the church. The Holy Spirit lives in you. Individually we are temples the Holy Spirit lives in. This is why we need to take care of our temple and stay away from sin. When we gather with other believers we become the “body” of Christ. Imagine what a group of people could accomplish when they gather together for the sake of Jesus!

Pray Starter: God wake up the church to do great works on the earth! The church is the hope for the world. God I pray for my church to make an impact in my city. I pray for my brothers and sisters to be filled with the Spirit to release heaven on the earth!

Scripture: Romans 8:26 I (AMP)

26So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.

Learn – This scripture says that we really don’t know how to pray. There is so much happening in our lives that it will be impossible to pray for everything. The good news is that the Holy Spirit is currently praying on our behalf!

Types of prayers – One of the most powerful prayers is called Declaration. This simply means telling God who He is in prayer. This type of prayer is found throughout the whole bible. When you declare who God is in prayer you actually strengthen your hope, faith, and love for God.

Pray these scripture out:

He is an ACTIVE God

17But Jesus answered them, My Father has worked [even] until now, [He has never ceased working; He is still working] and I, too, must be at [divine] work  – John 5:17

You are my SAVIOR

You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation! – Psalm 89:26

You are the UNFAILING God

The earth is full of His unfailing love – Psalm 33:5

Scripture: John 14:15-18

15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:10

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God

Learn: Jesus promised us as believers the Holy Spirit. God wants to be so near to us that He now can live inside of us! This is such an awesome thought because when you think about it, Jesus could only touch as many people as He could when He walked the earth. Now He can touch us all by the Spirit! The Holy Spirit loves to reveal more to us about Jesus and God.

Key Point – Who on earth knows the most about God? (Answer – Holy Spirit). The Spirit is always leading us towards Jesus. Learn to listen to His voice while reading the bible and praying.

Prayer Starter– Holy Spirit give me greater revelation of Jesus and greater revelation of the Father God. Help me to lean into your heavenly power. Help my mind to be quiet and submit to the mind of Christ.