# 2153 The Fruit of Goodness – Fruits Part 12 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2153-the-fruit-of-goodness-fruits-part-12 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2153-the-fruit-of-goodness-fruits-part-12.md Podcast: [BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023) Published: 2026-07-09T13:22:12+00:00 Episode link: https://biglifehq.com/2026/07/2153-the-fruit-of-goodness-fruits-part-12/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/content.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/2153BLDevo-Fruit_of_Goodness-Fruits_Part_12.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/episodes/2153-the-fruit-of-goodness-fruits-part-12 Duration seconds: 1108 ## Resource When we are under the influence of the Holy Spirit, our very character changes. From within, we become different. Girl, you’re simply not who you once were. Have you noticed as you change and grow it almost puts a spotlight on our loved ones who are NOT. Maybe someone you love is NOT under the influence of the Holy Spirit and they seem to be stuck in old way … well, they are. When you invite the presence of God into your life HE makes you new. 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” This means if someone DOESN’T belong to Christ, they’re still the same old person living the same life. Their answer is not to try harder – their answer is to surrender their life to Jesus and let the Holy Spirit change them from within! So, here we are as surrendered souls being made new. We’re being reworked from the inside so we’re becoming different, growing different fruit in our lives. Naturally, when the inside has changed, the outside begins to change as well. Today we study the next fruit produced in our life under the influence of the Holy Spirit – GOODNESS. The Greek word translated into goodness has a root word meaning good, upright and excellent. When the suffix is added, it turns into a character trait. The full meaning of this word “goodness” means to have moral excellence, an upright heart, integrity and goodness in action. And where does this goodness come from? Only ONE source – this is God’s goodness flowing through us. This is not self-produced goodness. This isn’t a 10 step program to change your heart and realign your morals. This isn’t being kind, doing nice things, changing your morals –… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/episodes/2153-the-fruit-of-goodness-fruits-part-12/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2153-the-fruit-of-goodness-fruits-part-12.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.