They think it’s about the quantity. You’ve done one before, so if you do two now then it will be better. You produced five before, so if you can give us seven now, that will be great. Nope. Sometimes it’s doing the five that helps you to realise you could do even better by producing […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Not That MuchThis blog has been going in some form or other for quite a while now. I don’t often go and look at what I wrote way back when, but today I was looking at an issue and considered what I wrote on the matter. There has been a lot written on this blog about fruitfulness. […]
Read More “Without Me, You Can Do Nothing” Another Thought on FruitfulnessThere is no guarantee that people will ever hear from you again. You can send some messages out to the believers to encourage them. What would you say? One of the things that continues to impress me about the second letter of Peter is the heart of a man who wants people to remember how […]
Read More To Your Faith …There it is. The first signs of growth. Bursting through the soil reaching tentatively to the sun. There are so many factors going against it. What if there are is an adverse climate? What if the surroundings are made hostile? Perhaps a rodent or pest may trample it down before it ever has a chance […]
Read More The Plant: Fragile to FlourishHere is a good video to consider on a subject that is very close to my heart. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More How Can I Become a More Fruitful Christian?It occurred to me near the end of August that I was eating far too much chocolate. Again. At times of excess there is time for cutting out stuff that should only be taken in moderation. As the chocolate intake had risen, so the fruit intake had decreased. In itself the two are not really […]
Read More Fruit Reflections (The Fruit Series 29)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 […]
Read More Bad Fruit – Rotten From The Core (The Fruit Series 15)See Genesis 1:28 Just when I thought it was safe to move on from that verse, I came across this video which gave even more pause for thought. Great to consider the encouragement from Mike Breen on fruitfulness. Here’s to hoping we will be in the business of sowing seeds that bring up the fruitful […]
Read More Be Fruitful – About Fruitfulness (The Fruit Series 08)God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:28 I was walking home recently and it occurred to me that […]
Read More Be Fruitful and Increase (The Fruit Series 07)And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 The blessing given to humanity was never […]
Read More Be Fruitful – A Relational Mandate (The Fruit Series 06)
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