"What is Fruit"

 "These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;" (Jude 12 KJV)

  "Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly. For the LORD watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction." (PSALM 1 NLT)

 There is something else you should know about the Bible, just in case you might have forgotten: it yields power, has the ability to stir up the passions in your heart, and awaken your sleepy soul! The word of God is alive! Whatever is causing you to remain fruitless, it isn't God's word; because His word produces fruit; and the fruit it produces has seeds that multiply, bringing about more life!

 We simply have no clue about the results of what happens when we share God's word with someone; they may not even understand what it was that you said, but what you said planted a seed, and that seed is likely to grow, which may produce more fruit, which ends up planting more seeds; and on and on it goes! All the while, you don't even know how a simple conversation can do more than you know.

 Hopefully you might have watched to results of last night's election results? They didn't really surprise me, because I already prepared myself for the results. It was pretty much already in the air; you could almost smell the sulfur, as if the enemy had made his day. Regardless of the results, God is still on the throne! His plans are still the same, no matter what happens or doesn't happen, His will and purposes still remain! 

 Please believe me when I say this: our lives might change, but nothing that happens here, on this earth, will never, ever, take away from the promises we have been given by believing in Christ and making every effort to let Him be the Lord of our lives! He is faithful to complete every one of us, even if we fail to complete that which we started; He has not made us to be successful: He wants us to be faithful to Him; because, He has already won...

"I am writing to you who are God's children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus. I am writing to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I am writing to you who are young in the faith because you have won your battle with the evil one. I have written to you who are God's children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God's word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the evil one." (1 John 2:12-14 NLT)