Fruits of Faith — Teaching of Virtue by Horse & Chariot (2024)

“And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NRSVCE)

“I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” — John 15:5 (NRSVCE)

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.” — John 15:1-2 (NRSVCE)

“My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.” — John 15:8 (NRSVCE)

“Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” — ‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ (‭NRSVCE‬‬)

“...‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” — John 7:38 (NRSVCE)

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." — Lamentations 3:22-23 (NRSVCE)

“...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control..." — Galatians 5:22-23 (NRSVCE)

“You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name." — John 15:16 (NRSVCE)

“so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God." — Colossians 1:10 (NRSVCE)

“As soon as I believed there was a God, I understood I could do nothing else but live for him, my religious vocation dates from the same moment as my faith: God is so great. There is such a difference between God and everything that is not.” — St. Charles de Foucauld

“The fruit of faith is love.” — St. Teresa of Calcutta

“Living a Christian life provides for the growth of faith. There have been many saints who have gone before to guide us, but I like the ones who are simple, like St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus…she did ordinary things with extraordinary love.” — St. Mother Teresa

“Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.” — St. Ignatius of Loyola

“Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.” — Max Lucado

“The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of faith." — Stephen Charnock

“Continually exercise this virtue of faith, for it places thee near to thy last end, after which thou strivest, and brings thee near to the object of thy desires and thy love.” — Mary of Agreda

"The fruit of prayer is the deepening of faith, and the fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is service, and the fruit of services is peace. Works of love are works of peace." — St. Mother Teresa

"The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone [it always produces fruit, “good works,”…a transformed life]." — J.J. Packer

"Biblically speaking, faith and faithfulness stand to each other as root and fruit." — J. Hampton Keathley

"We are responsible to clothe ourselves with Christlike character, but we are dependent on God’s Spirit to produce within us His 'fruit.'" — Jerry Bridges

"The Spirit never lies dormant and idle within the soul: He always makes His presence known by the fruit He causes to be borne in heart, character, and life." — J.C. Ryle

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