Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Cooperate WIth The Holy Spirit

18 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this sermon, the speaker addresses believers who are eager to start spiritual practices such as Bible reading, prayer, caring for their bodies, and organizing finances, but who find themselves slipping back into old habits. He explains that the Holy Spirit produces the biblical fruit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self‑control—in a believer’s life, and that self‑control is a key aspect of that fruit. The speaker emphasizes that while the Holy Spirit provides desire, grace, help, and support, the individual must actively cooperate by making decisions that align with the Spirit’s work. This partnership requires personal responsibility and intentional choices to sustain spiritual growth.

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You want to begin reading the Bible. You want to begin praying. You want to begin taking care of your body. You want to set your finances in order. You're determined to be disciplined. But then you begin to creep back into your old ways. Old habits start to reappear, and you become frustrated with yourself all over again. This is what the Word of God says. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things. Now notice here that Paul the Apostle writes of self-control. You see the partnership of the Holy Spirit and you. The Holy Spirit produces the fruit, but the fruit is of self-control. You have to cooperate. You have to accept responsibility for your part in your partnership. With the Holy Spirit. He's gonna give you the desire, he's gonna give you the grace, he's gonna give you the help and the support, but you have to begin to make decisions ultimately that cooperate with what the Holy Spirit wants to do in your life.