8th Fruit — Synopsis …
SYNOPSIS: Truly Joy-full actions are completely oriented in the Here & Now … They are detached from expectation, even while grounded in the Moment.
DETERMINING FACTOR: During decision-making, ask your Self — “Is this particular option founded in a future-based hope or inspired by a memory-based fear, or is it truly grounded in this present moment?”
ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:
“In [God’s] Presence is the fullness of Joy.” ~ Psalm 16:11
“The eye is the Lamp of the body. So, if your eye is Healthy, your whole body will be full of Light.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:22)
“Blessed are your eyes, for they See, and your ears, for they Hear. Many prophets and righteous people longed to See what you See, but could not See it; and to Hear what you Hear, but could not Hear it.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 13:16-17)
“The Time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand …” ~ Jesus Christ (Mark 1:15)
“Do not be afraid, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to [continually] Give you the Kingdom … Be dressed for action and have your Lamps lit.””~ Jesus Christ (Luke 12:32+35)
“But the hour is coming, and is Now Here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship Him.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 4:23-24)
“My time has not yet come, but your time is always Here.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 7:6)
“Now is the judgment of this world; the ruler of this world will be driven out.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 12:31)
“Your Heart will rejoice, and no one will be able to take your Joy from you.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 16:22)
“For what can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world, His eternal Power and Divine Nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and Seen through the things He has made.” ~ Romans 1:19-20
“So do not become proud, but stand in Awe.” ~ Romans 11:20
“You know what time it is, how it is Now the moment for you to wake from sleep.” ~ Romans 13:11
“The appointed time has grown short. From now on let those who deal with the world [do so] as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.” ~ 1 Corinthians 7:29+31
“Our inner nature is being renewed Moment by Moment.”~ 2 Corinthians 4:16
“I have said these things to you so that my Joy may be in you, and so that your Joy might be complete.” ~ Jesus Christ (in John 15:11)
“Everything exposed by the Light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible IS Light.” ~ Ephesians 5:13-14 … [note that “God is Light” in 1 John 1:5]
“Be careful then, how you Live; not as unwise people but as Wise — making the most of the Time” ~ Ephesians 5:15-16
“So let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep Awake”~ 1 Thessalonians 5:6
“But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today’” ~ Hebrews 3:13
“You do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your Life? For you are but a mist that appears for but a little while and then vanishes.”~ James 4:14
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