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What are you full of?

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Ask yourself what you’re full of? Are you:

Hopeful?
Faithful?
Thankful?
Fearful?
Grateful?
Thoughtful?
Doubtful?
Prideful?
Purposeful?
Worshipful?
Beautiful?
Wonderful?
Stressful?
Resentful?
Powerful?
Peaceful?

We could go on, and I’m sure you have others you could add to the list. We’re all full of something.

We can’t give ourselves fully to one thing when we’re full of something else. The first leaves no room for the second because, well, we’re full.

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Jesus fully embraced His mission to the cross because He emptied Himself first (see Philippians 2). We must do the same because it’s hard to be faithful if we’re already fearful, or resentful, or hateful.

Let the Spirit deal with the things that are taking up too much space in your soul, and you’ll find yourself cleaned out and ready to be filled with the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5.

This is how we become fruitful.

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February 28, 2021by Paul Jenkins
Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.