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Your 24/7 Companion – Day 11
Carina Francke

Your 24/7 Companion – Day 11

In Him, Out of You … Fruit

(Di)temana ya Bibele

1 TIMOTHEOSE 4

12Go se be le yo a go nyatšago ka lebaka la ge o le yo mofsa, eupša o be mohlala go badumedi ka dipolelo tša gago, le ka boitshwaro, le ka lerato, le ka tumelo, le ka bohlweki.

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1 TIMOTHEOSE 4

16O itote, o lote le thuto ya gago. O fele o phetha dilo tše, ka gobane ge o dira bjalo o tla be o iphološa, o phološa le ba ba go kwago.

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Pesalome 19

14Anke o kgahlwe ke mantšu a ka le dikgopolo tša ka,

wena Morena, setšhabelo sa ka,

wena Mophološi wa ka!

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BAEFESO 4

29Melomong ya lena go se tšwe mahlapa; ge go nyakega gore le bolele, le bolele fela tše di lokilego le tše di holago batho, gore tše le di bolelago di hole ba ba le kwago.

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BAGALATIA 5

Tša Moya le tša nama

16Gomme nna ke re: Phelang ka mokgwa wo le hlahlwago ke Moya, gomme le ka se lakwe ke ditumo tša nama. 17Gobane tše di nyakwago ke nama ya rena di ganana le tše di nyakwago ke Moya, le tše di nyakwago ke Moya di ganana le tše di nyakwago ke nama ya rena. Dilo tše di a ganana, gomme di le šitiša go dira se le se nyakago. 18Ge le hlahlwa ke Moya, gona ga le bušwe ke melao ya Moshe.

19Tše di dirwago ka go hlohleletšwa ke nama di pepeneneng: ke bogwebakathobalano, le bootswa, le bofebe, 20le go khunamela medingwana, le boloi, le lehloyo, le phapano, le tseba, le kgalefo, le bojato, le tshele, le dihlophana, 21le mona, le botagwa, le bohlola, le tše di swanago le tšeo. Ke a le botša, bjalo ka ge ke ile ka le botša pele, ke re ba ba dirago tše dibjalo ba ka se be le bophelo bjo bo sa felego.

22Dikenywa tša Moya tšona ke lerato, le lethabo, le khutšo, le bopelotelele, le botho, le go loka, le potego,

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To bear fruit, implies that you as a believer will glorify him in whom you believe and who lives in you, with your lifestyle. To say it differently, his presence in you ought to be the driving force to be an example to others in your life.

1 Timothy 4:12 mentions a few things that your life should radiate: “… be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

Firstly, the believer’s words should be acceptable to him (Psalm 19:14) and when we talk to people, our conversations should be of good taste. Furthermore, it should be helpful, build them up according to their needs and impart grace to them. Unwholesome talk does not fit this picture (Ephesians 4:29).

The Holy Spirit in us cultivates fruit that is expressed in our conduct or our way of living. Galatians 5:16-22 gives a very clear picture on what conduct should characterise a believer’s life, so that God will be honoured. If you and I recognise some of these listed things in our lives, we must realise that we’re not living from the Spirit in us (our 24/7 Companion), but that our conduct is being determined by the lust of our flesh. Only when the Holy Spirit determines our conduct, purity can become a reality – that quality described as pure from defilement, not contaminated.

The love and faith we should radiate as an example to people can be described as that all-encompassing love for and faith in him that oozes from us, and becomes visible to people around us.

The author also gives a warning to Timothy (and us), “take heed to yourself and to the doctrine.” Every now and again, we should put our lives and doctrine under a magnifying glass to see if we are still sound and on track. Why? “… for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.” (1 Timothy 4:16)

It is possible to live a life that honours God, but only in total dependence on the One who lives inside of us.

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