PROPHETIC WORSHIP || PASTOR OLAYINKA OJO || 13.02.2026

Описание: UNDERSTANDING LOVE AS A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT - FEBRUARY 2026
Love is not merely a feeling, a choice, or a moral ideal it is a spiritual product.
According to Scripture, love is the first and foundational fruit of the Spirit, revealing the very life of God at work within the believer.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love…” (Galatians 5:22)

This teaching explores how love is grown, expressed, and sustained by the Holy Spirit — not by human effort.

Love Is a Fruit, Not a Work
Fruit grows naturally from life within.
Works are produced by effort.

Love, as the Spirit’s fruit, flows from divine life, not self-discipline alone.
You cannot manufacture agape love through willpower.
It is the result of yielding to the Spirit.

“The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.” (Romans 5:5)
Love Reveals Spiritual Maturity

Spiritual maturity is not measured by gifts, knowledge, or activity — but by love.
Gifts can operate without character.
But fruit reveals transformation.

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass…” (1 Corinthians 13:1)

Where love is lacking, growth is incomplete. Love is the Foundation of All Other Fruit

Love is listed first because it gives expression to every other fruit:
• Joy flows from love
• Peace is preserved by love
• Patience is sustained by love
• Kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are all rooted in love

Without love, the fruit of the Spirit becomes fragmented.
Love Is the Nature of Christ Revealed in Us

The Holy Spirit’s primary work is to form Christ in the believer.

Since God is love, Christlikeness is ultimately love-likeness.
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” (1 John 4:8)

As the Spirit works in us, love becomes our natural response — not forced behavior.
Love Grows Through Yielding, Not Striving

Fruit grows when the branch remains connected to the vine.
“Abide in me, and I in you… he that abideth in me, the same bringeth forth much fruit.” (John 15:5)

Love increases as we:
• Walk in the Spirit
• Die to selfish desires
• Submit daily to God’s leading

Striving produces exhaustion. Abiding produces fruit.
Love Is the Proof of Life in the Spirit

The clearest evidence of a Spirit-filled life is not noise or display — it is love.
“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” (John 13:35)

Love demonstrates the reality of God’s presence within us.

Expressing the Fruit of Love
The fruit of love is visible in everyday life:
• Loving without conditions
• Forgiving without bitterness
• Serving without recognition
• Enduring without resentment

This love reflects the heart of the Father to a broken world.
Love is not optional for the believer it is essential evidence of life in the Spirit.

It is not achieved by effort but cultivated through intimacy with God. When the Spirit rules, love flows. When love flows, Christ is revealed.

2026 CONFESSION:

I am blessed, I am rooted, I am planted, I am true and I abide in Christ
I will not be barren—I am fruitful through and through.
Rooted in the Word, watered by His grace, empowered by His Spirit
I bear fruit in season, no drought can erase.
No dryness, no delay, no emptiness in sight,
By the power of the Lord, my fruit comes forth in might.
Not fruit for a season, not fruit for a show,
But fruit that abides forever.
I stay in the Vine, I live in His truth, I abide in His Word
Therefore I am exceedingly fruitful.
I produce fruit everywhere and everytime
Fruit in my spirit, fruit in my land,
Fruit in my labour, increase at hand.
I bear fruit for heaven, not self or fame,
My life tells Divine story, exalts God's name.
I am chosen, I am called, I am fruitful by design,
2026 is my year of fruitfulness and I shall be exceedingly fruitful
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