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MORE AND MORE FRUIT
"They caught such a great number of fish that their nets were at the breaking point." —Luke 5:6
Spiritual fruitfulness is based on obeying Jesus, especially when He commands us to do something beyond our human understanding. When we obey the Lord for no reason other than that He said so, we will see the glory of God (see Lk 5:5).
When we are spiritually fruitful, a war explodes. The Lord is calling us to overcome fear, repent of sin, and do greater things than we, or even Jesus, have done before (Jn 14:12). In contrast, the evil one, because we have become a threat to him, rages at us (see Rv 12:12). In this war, if we die to ourselves (Jn 12:24) and live in Jesus (Jn 15:5), we bear abundant and even greater fruit. This dynamic continues so that we become more and more fruitful and holy as we resist the temptations of the evil one. This is the pattern we see in the early Church as described in Acts of the Apostles.
Obey Jesus; overcome evil; die to self; live in Him. Grow from grace to grace (see Jn 1:16) and “from glory to glory” (2 Cor 3:18).
Prayer: Father, may I bear increasingly abundant fruit.
Promise: The Father "rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son." —Col 1:13
Praise: Lauren prayed to God to enable her to finally conceive and God blessed her with triplets.
(The Holy Spirit will pour out love into your heart if you read the Bible daily. For encouragement, listen to, download or order any or all of these CDs or DVDs: Ignorance of Scriptures is Ignorance of Christ on AV82-1, How to Pray the Bible on AV82-3 or V82, How to Read the Bible on AV46-3 or V46 and/or Principles of Bible Interpretation on AV79-1 or V79 on our website.)
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