MORAL CHARACTER: The moral character of Christ makes you effective and fruitful - 2 Peter 1:5-8

For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge, your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness, your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love. For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. 2 Peter 1:5-8

Living Truth:

• “I AM the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing." John 15:5 
• "Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked." 1 John 2:6
• "John replied, “No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven. He [Christ] must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less." John 3:27,30

Prayer:
Loving Father, You are the Potter, and I am Your clay. Please shape me, mold me, and use me so I become more and more like Christ. I pray John the Baptist's prayer, "He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less." Teach me and counsel me, Holy Spirit, how to grow in the moral character of Christ, so I demonstrate that my faith is genuine by bearing much fruit that brings glory to God and my Savior in my relationships at home and with people in the marketplace. Grant me opportunities today to be an effective and fruitful instrument by blessing the individuals You bring across my path. I ask in the mighty name of my Messiah, Jesus Christ.