21/07/2026
MOMENT OF DAILY ENCOUNTER (MODE)
Date: 21ST JULY, 2026
TOPIC: THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT PRODUCE FAITHFULNESS
⚓Scripture: Galatians 5:22 But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,(TLB)
Beloved, I welcome you to another Moment of Daily Encounter! In continuation of our series on the ministry of the Holy Spirit: We've established that the Holy Spirit minister conviction that leads to salvation and continued beyond salvation as He produces in us fruit of the Spirit. If you are genuinely born again understand then that the Holy Spirit has stepped into your soul. And according to our anchor scripture if you allow the Holy Spirit to now control your your life, it will produces a new life and that life develops a character that is called the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is one single fruit manifesting in divers characters that are Christ- like characters. Hence, the formation of these characters define your level of maturity as a Christian. So you can do a check of how mature you are in the light of God's word by the kinds of fruit of the Spirit you are exhibiting per time! Please understand that your character/fruit per time glorifies God if it is Christ-like.
*John 15: 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.*
*What are the fruit of the Spirit or Christ like characters expected from every believer?*
They are:
(I). Love (ii). Joy
(iii). Peace (iv).Longsuffering (forbearance) ( check our previous edition)
(v). Gentleness (kindness) and (vi). Goodness (check yesterday's meditation)
VI. *FAITH (FAITHFULNESS)* (Gal. 5;22): In (KJV) it is rendered as Faith while in other Bible translations it rendered as Faithfulness.
*What is Faithfulness:?*
It means fidelity, punctuality in performing promises, conscientious carefulness in preserving what is committed to our trust in restoring back to proper owner what is not yours. Fidelity in transacting the business confided to us, neither betraying the secret of our friends nor disappointing the confidence of our employer.
Many of us are guilty in this regards, as we betray trust and disappointed confidence imposed on us! Imagine a friend is dying and transfer his wealth and business to a partner who claims to be born again. Then this dying friend plead with his friend to please take good care of his wife and children while he gave up the ghost. These same person ended up dispossessing the children of his late friend's of their father's properties and take over all of them. Meanwhile, the children of the late friend were thrown out of school as they were no longer able to pay their school fees. The wife of the late friend also died out of frustration and inability to cope with children without support! Her husband died while transferring his business to a friend who made a promise to take care of his family but never kept to to his words. He betrayed the trust imposed on him, yet he is shouting hallelujah praise the LORD! He is even praying in tongues while breaking covenant. This is one of the ways people places themselves under a curse and yet they are expecting the blessing of God upon their lives. Many are like this man who are covenant breakers.
I have had my own share of this terrible experiences before; I had been betrayed and backstab by so-called a pastor who claimed to be a friend. I have several lists of terrible experiences of believers, including men with eccliastical titles whom you will think at least they should keep their words because of their titles, yet they did not because many of them have lost touch with the Holy Spirit! So, if you are to do business deals with anyone including believers now you will need a lawyer to document the agreement of the deals because many Christians are no longer faithful in terms of money matters. This is why the assertion that you are not truly born again until you are born again with money matters. Most believers lack financial integrity and a little trust with money they cannot account for it. They contribute money in your hands/account in church and the money disappeared because you have lost touch with the Holy Spirit. This is not revealing the character of Christ. Jesus said:
*Matthew 5: 37. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.*
Beloved, can you see what Jesus is teaching us from the above scripture? It means if you tell the truth the first time, you will not be looking for what to say the second time. It takes a lie to cover up another lie! But say the truth and be delivered from secrets sin. Why on earth, should a believer receive goods, money etc and promise to pay back but never pay back? This kind of character hurts deeply! Beloved if that has been your lifestyle, the Holy Ghost is saying it is time to repent and stop it. And if you have been hurt by others, I bring you a word of healing, the Lord that heals me from every emotional injury is bringing healing to your heart right now in the name of Jesus.
Perhaps, you are the categories that make promises and never keep to your words! You break hearts that ever tried to trust you without remorse! Infact, you are so used to it that your conscience is now dead to the voice of the Holy Spirit! It is high time we repent and do away with such character that is devilish. The Bible said:
*1 Corinthians 4: 2. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.*
This implies that even in our services to God, we must be faithful! Faithful in soul wining, faithful in prayer, faithful in giving etc. There are those who pay their tithe once in a while and then stopped paying. If you are not faithful in your tithing how can you experience an open door financially? There are those who promised to support this vision at the beginning of the year but now, they have stopped!
Beloved, whatever capacity you are serving the Lord be faithful because you are a steward here on earth. If you are privileged to serve in another man's business please be faithful. How faithful you are to God in managing another man's business determine how fast your own will come;
*Luke 16: 12. And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?*
Faithfulness is one character or fruit of the Spirit that is lacking in the church today, don't be part of the statistics, say no to unfaithfulness, let your being born again goes with you to your office and prove the world wrong that are not all thesame as professing Christian yet scammers.
To be continued tomorrow!
*Remember this*: Heaven is real and hell is real. The end point of every one that rejects Jesus is hell.
*Prayer points;*
~ Father thank you for your word to me today.
~ Lord I obtain grace to be faithful in all I do in Jesus name.
*Prophetic Declaration:*
~ I declare mercy for every one that has landed themselves into trouble because of unfaithfulness in the name of Jesus.
~ I prophesy restoration for marriage that is almost tearing apart because of marital infidelity in Jesus's name
*Assignment* : Check every area you have not been faithful and ask God for mercy now, while you trust God for grace to be faithful.
From your brother Alex
God bless you
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