Lyrics
The fruit of the Spirit is joy and peace and patience
The lyrics express that joy, peace, and patience are manifestations of the spiritual fruit.
The fruit of the Spirit is kind and good and faithful
Kindness, goodness, and faithfulness are highlighted as additional aspects of the spiritual fruit.
The fruit of the Spirit is joy and peace and patience
Reiteration of the earlier mention, emphasizing joy, peace, and patience as components of the spiritual fruit.
The fruit of the Spirit is kind and good and faithful
Reiteration of kindness, goodness, and faithfulness as integral elements of the spiritual fruit.
Shepherd and Guardian of my soul
Refers to a divine figure, identified as the Shepherd and Guardian of the soul.
I give You authority take control
Expresses a willingness to surrender control to the divine authority.
Take me and purify me make me whole
Desires purification and wholeness through divine intervention.
Teach me how to love
Expresses a desire for guidance in learning how to love.
Teach me how to love
Reiteration of the plea for guidance in learning how to love.
Teach me how to love like You do
Asks for instruction in loving in a manner consistent with the divine example.
I just wanna love like You do
Expresses a longing to love in a way similar to the divine model.
If I'm alive by the Spirit
Suggests a connection between being alive in the Spirit and walking according to the inner Christ.
Then I wanna walk by the Christ inside of me
Expresses a desire to live in accordance with the Christ within.
No more in sin and in death my soul will tread
Rejects sin and death, expressing a commitment to follow the Spirit and the Living Bread (possibly a reference to Christ).
But by the Spirit and by the Living Bread
Further emphasizes a commitment to spiritual living through the guidance of the Spirit and the Living Bread.
Shepherd and Guardian of my soul
Reiteration of the divine role as the Shepherd and Guardian of the soul.
I give You authority take control
Repeats the willingness to give authority and control to the divine figure for purification.
Take me and purify me make me whole
Reiterates the plea for purification and wholeness through divine intervention.
Teach me how to love
Reiterates the request for guidance in learning how to love.
Teach me how to love
Repeats the plea for instruction in the practice of love.
Teach me how to love like You do
Reiterates the desire to love in a manner consistent with the divine example.
I just wanna love like You do
Repeats the longing to love in a way similar to the divine model.
I just wanna love like You do
Reiterates the expressed desire to love in a manner consistent with the divine example.
I just wanna love like You do
Final repetition of the longing to love in a way similar to the divine model.
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