Tag: #fruitbearing

What Fruits Are Hanging on the Tree of Your Life?

Text:

Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) 

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 

 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 

Observation:

Do you know that you were born again to bear much fruit? Why not take a long look at your life for a day, and examine whether you are yielding much fruit?

God has something to say about the topic of fruit in the lives of His children. Do you have a moment to read this devotional that I received from the mouth of the Lord, written with my pen, and now typing them to send them to you?

The Bible says:

John 15:4 (KJV) 

 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 

The Bible says about the gift of love; the first fruit mentioned in Galatians 5:22.

Romans 5:5 (NKJV) 

 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 

God has spoken to us, and He gets the final word, and the Bible says this about love.

1 John 4:7-8 (NKJV) 

 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 

 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 

Prayer:

Father God, we thank You for the privilege of living in Your presence every hour of every day, and all the day and night long. We have Your iron-clad promise that You would never leave us.

Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV) 

 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 

Father, help us to always remember Your abiding presence with us, and that we would draw near to You when we feel we cannot love others as we love ourselves.

Father, help us to love others first with the love that was poured into our hearts when we received the gift of the Holy Spirit.  In mighty name of Jesus, Amen.

 

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Title: 31 Days of Hearing God Speak

Are You Ready for Jesus to Come to Your City?

Text:

Matthew 21:10-13 (ESV)

10  And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”

11  And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

12  And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

13  He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

Observation:

Why did Jesus come into the world? Notice what the Bible says about His purpose.

John 3:17 (ESV)

17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

You might think that the activity that Jesus performed in the temple driving out all who sold and bought in the temple was out of character for Him, and the purpose for which He came.

I invite you to consider the conditions of the temple, and the people of Israel at the time Jesus entered Jerusalem. Like the temple,  God’s people were corrupt within.

A church can become a den of thieves; a place where people come to be seen by men from the outside that conceals who they are on the inside.

When Jesus comes to the place where you worship, when Jesus comes to the place where you live, He is looking not for talk, but for fruit.

There is another parable that Jesus told; it was about the fig tree. Jesus cleansed the temple, and He cursed the fig tree. What does Jesus see in your life?

Matthew 7:15-20 (NLT)

15  “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.

16  You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

17  A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.

18  A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.

19  So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

20  Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

Prayer:

Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, when You look at our city, our church, our home, and our life, may You find fruit that shows that You are alive in us. Father, I am so glad that You are the judge, and not men. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

“Change my heart oh God

Make it ever true

Change my heart oh God

May I be like You.”

Kenny Carter

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Isaiah 55:11 (KJV) 
11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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