Sunday March 14th, 2021
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26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
When the Lord asked Adam and Eve to be fruitful and to multiply in today’s Bible reading, He was not offering a piece of advice, rather He was issuing a command to be obeyed from generation to generation.
Thus, we can conclude that failure to bear fruit is a direct transgression of this divine decree.
I pray for you today: The Lord will cause you to experience all-round fruitfulness this year in Jesus name.
Beloved, not only is God interested in your spiritual fruitfulness, He is also interested in your physical and material fruitfulness.
God desires that His children should live in divine prosperity. Jeremiah 17:7-8 NLT says:
« 7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. 8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit. »
If you have not given your life to Christ, before anything else, you need to first bear the fruit of repentance. This was the same thing Jesus told the Sadducees in Matthew 3:8.
If however, you are already saved by grace, there are two categories of fruit you must bear this year.
- The first is the fruit of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance (Galatians 5:22-23).
- The second category is the fruit of souls. You must be a committed soul -winner.
It is already dangerous for anyone not to be fruitful; however it is a lot more dangerous for a child of God.
This is because Jesus Christ says in John 15:2 that He will take away every branch in Him that does not bear fruit.
I pray that you will not be taken away because of fruitlessness in the mighty name of Jesus.
One advantage of soul-winning is guaranteed answers to your personal prayers (John 15:16).
The reason the Lord has spared your life up till now is that He is hoping to see you bear fruit.
My prayer is that you will not disappoint God this year.
As you bear fruit, He will answer all your prayers in the mighty name of Jesus.
Application – Father, please cause me to only bear fruits that are pleasing to You this year and beyond, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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