True disciples bear fruit! What a fantastic privilege it is to work in God’s Kingdom. Bearing fruit makes a difference in the lives of others. Did you know it is God’s desire for you not only to be a believer but to bear fruit! Bearing good fruit is essential. Jesus was conveying this teaching to …
Fruitfulness is being connected to Jesus because without it, we don’t have life, and therefore can’t bear fruit. Have you considered asking the Lord for help to become more fruitful? Many followers of Jesus want to grow more fruitful, but pruning can seem overwhelming. I remember my mother pruning our raspberry plants in late fall …
You may wonder why a loving God prunes us. Jesus provides insight into the importance of pruning. John 15:1 I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even …
As Jesus disrupted the market in the Temple, He called it a den of thieves. Mark 11: 15 When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling …
Through His actions, Jesus asked, “Where’s the fruit?” Mark 11: 12 The next morning as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 He noticed a fig tree in full leaf a little way off, so he went over to see if he could find any figs. But there were only leaves because it was too early in …
Genuine faith bears fruit. I could see this as the fantastic result of a school friend who came to faith as an older adult. Through coming to faith, he went out of the darkness of sin into God’s marvelous light and became a kinder, happier, and gentler person. If he was a fruit tree, he …
As Peter began his second letter, he wrote of the promises through Jesus. We often consider what God wants from us when we think of religion. In this letter, Peter tells us about what God wants for us. False teachers claimed that Jesus wasn’t enough; people must get special knowledge from them. To counter this, …
As we become believers, we begin to bear the fruit of faith. My father-in-law loved his fruit trees and spent hours caring for his trees so they would bear much fruit. When you take care of fruit trees it is easy to see with your eyes if they are bearing fruit. A tree that does …
One of my friends came to faith as an older adult and over time his life began to change and became kinder, happier, and gentler person. If he was a fruit tree, he was bearing good fruit. Romans 12:2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new …
My in-laws had a small apple orchard on their farm, but what kind of fruit did it produce? Each year the fruit was examined as it was picked. Year after year the orchard had good fruit. What kind of fruit is your life producing? The good news is if you don’t like what you find, …