A great benefit of singing certain songs is that there is within them fundamental truths that can resonate in a way that reading them may not impact. There’s a line in one song that in particular is appropriate for the reflection on peace. That lyric simply states: the world didn’t give it, the world can’t […]
Read More Fruit of the Spirit: Peace (The Fruit Series 22)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 […]
Read More Cultivate Where The Fruit Is (The Fruit Series 10)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 […]
Read More Have Fruit (The Fruit Series 09)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)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 to be fruitful keeps bugging […]
Read More Be Fruitful – A Personal Consideration (The Fruit Series 05)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 Humans are created to be fruitful. It’s […]
Read More Be Fruitful – The Human Instruction (The Fruit Series 04)And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. […]
Read More Be Fruitful – Air and Sea (The Fruit Series 03)And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, […]
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