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   In Galatians 5:22, we are told that two character traits of the fruit of   
   the Spirit are joy and peace. 
These verses teach us that when we are   
   experiencing His life within ours the Christ-exchanged life we are going   
   to experience joy and peace along with other Christ-like qualities.   
      
   
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love joy, peace   
   patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness gentleness selfcontrol against   
   such things there is no law.   
   
Many Christians, however, seem to have little joy or peace. One of   
   the reasons is found in the Lord's statement regarding peace.   
   
We too often seek our joy and peace from that which the world gives   
   rather than from the Savior who provides joy and peace in a very   
   different way and from a very different source.   
   
I am not at all suggesting that the goal of the Christian life is to   
   be a self-centered focus like joy and peace.   
   
Joy and peace, however, do constitute part of the fruit of a life   
   that is experiencing an intimate relationship with God and the spiritual   
   transformation that He works within at the core of our being.   
   
When this happens He is truly the source of our trust, and joy and   
   peace become barometers of how well we are resting all the various   
   facets of our life on Him (Isa. 26:3). It is like taking our   
   temperature.   
   
As a fever is indicative of an illness, so the absence of the joy and   
   peace Christ gives is an indication something is wrong and we need the   
   prescribed remedy of God's Word and healing touch of the Great   
   Physician.
   
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