Día 4 · Fasting & Self-Control
The Fruit of the Spirit (en inglés)
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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”Galatians 5:22-23
Reflexión (en inglés)
Self-control is the last fruit Paul names, and it is telling that he calls it fruit and not effort. We do not gain mastery over our appetites by sheer willpower alone; it grows as we struggle alongside the Spirit's grace and abide in Him. Fasting can be a small soil where that fruit takes root, reminding us that we are not slaves to our cravings but children learning to walk in freedom.
Una oración (en inglés)
Holy Spirit, You alone grow what I could never force into being. Where my appetites pull hard at me, plant the quiet fruit of self-control. Help me to abide in You today rather than fight my hunger in my own strength. Grow gentleness in me toward myself and others as I learn. Amen.
Llévalo contigo (en inglés)
Where do I try to win over my appetites by willpower alone, and how might I instead ask the Spirit to grow that freedom in me?