Meditate. How are you growing?
I am the true grapevine, and
my Father is the gardener. 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 more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have
given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce
fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you
remain in me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me,
and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and
withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. But if you remain
in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it
will be granted! When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This
brings great glory to my Father. John 15:1-8 
Grapes in my yard.
It's about time for the harvest.
Have you remained in God's word?
Have you been fruitful?
Be fruitful. God commanded Adam
and Eve and then Noah and his family to be fruitful and fill the earth. He
wants us to do the same…spiritually. Be fruitful. Fill the earth with those who
love Him…and are willing to serve Him eternally. Give God more than He asks for.
Give Him your best. Be fruitful. In notes from a trip to Israel I wrote…God
wants to grow you.
Jesus is the vine that keeps the nourishment going out to the branches—to the place where the fruit is hanging. If we “remain” in Him by reading His word and living by it, then we will produce fruit for Him. Apart from Him, we can do nothing. No word in our life. No healthy branches. No fruit. The choice is ours. Choose Jesus. Choose life, health and fruitfulness. Be willing to be pruned—to be disciplined—so that you can be fruitful.
Prayer ~ Lord God, just as
Jesus explained…"My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent
me, and from finishing his work. You know the saying, 'Four months between
planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are
already ripe for harvest. The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit
they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the
planter and the harvester alike! You know the saying, 'One plants and another
harvests.' And it's true. I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others
had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest." John
4:34-38. I am looking around and there’s an opportunity for harvest here.
Help each of us who knows You to have the courage to be fruitful as we are nourished
by doing Your will.
Verses of Salvation ~ Jeremiah
wrote to the people of Judah… Listen to the weeping of my people; it
can be heard all across the land. "Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem?"
the people ask. "Is her King no longer there?" "Oh, why have
they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign
gods?" says the LORD. "The harvest is finished, and the summer is
gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!" I hurt with the
hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief. Is there no medicine in
Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of
my people? Jeremiah 8:19-22
When will the people of Israel seek
Jesus as their Messiah…and receive the healing Jesus offers?
Bible Trivia
Answer to the Question: What are the seven fruits of Israel?
Better known as the seven agricultural products in the
Promised Land…the land flowing with milk and honey. These are still important
in Israel today.
It is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig
trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey (from dates). Deuteronomy
8:8.
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