Fruit of the Word – Right on Time (The Fruit Series 19)

A friend of the family shared their produce from their field. The variety of the vegetables was impressive. What was even more fascinating was the way they described the way they had to time planting of the seeds to maximise the produce at the right time. They could depend on different vegetables cropping up at […]

When We Come to Fruition (The Fruit Series 16)

What can a family look like when it comes to fruition? Not just the blood family, but a family of believers who grow together. One person’s idea of development can be very different to God’s. The person can be hung up on organisational affiliation but never actively address genuine spiritual development. Where God is very […]

Bad Fruit – Rotten From The Core (The Fruit Series 15)

And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”(MRK 7:20‭-‬23 ESV) There’s a saying […]

Let It Grow Naturally

I watched something recently that made me sad. I saw things that were meant to be so beautiful, corrupted by the pursuit of money and power. Relationships so sacred were sullied by deception. Interactions designed to help each other were full of mistrust and disrespect. Enforcing this was a system that was more concerned with […]

Bad Fruit and A Thorny Situation (The Fruit Series 14)

To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles […]

Bad Fruit and Detached Relations (The Fruit Series 13)

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, […]

Bad Fruit and the Self Life (The Fruit Series 12)

And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:16‭-‬17 NIV) The source of life and fruitfulness is God. Choosing […]

Introduction to Bad Fruit (The Fruit Series 11)

And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” (Genesis 2:16‭-‬17 NIV) Not all fruit is good fruit. A fruitless situation […]

Cultivate Where The Fruit Is (The Fruit Series 10)

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of […]

Have Fruit (The Fruit Series 09)

Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. (Genesis 1:29 NIV) God’s instructions to humanity in the beginning is wide ranging. I had never even heard of some of the fruit […]