Fill the Year with the Fruits of Righteousness

[207 words] In Philippians 1:11 Paul records that Christians are to be filled with the “fruits of righteousness.” Of course the fruit of the Spirit come to mind with a statement like that. The fruit of the Spirit are mentioned in two passages in the New Testament: Galatians 5:22-23, “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Ephesians 5:9-10, “(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.” We can find 12 fruit of the Spirit from these two passages and, since there are 12 months in the year, we could emphasize one for every day of its month: January: Love February: Joy March: Peace April: Longsuffering May: Kindness June: Goodness July: Faithfulness August: Gentleness September: Self-Control October: Righteousness November: Truth December: Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord Think…