Tag Archive | fruit

Mustard Seed Faith

Jul2

But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance (steadfastness).
Luke 8:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.8.15.NASB1995

How are you holding up?

And the Lord said, “If you had (have) faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would obey you.
Luke 17:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.17.6.NASB1995

Has the seed of faith been planted in you?

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 1:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.1.23.NASB1995

The spoken Word of God plants seeds. Testimonies of God’s love, grace, hope and presence in our lives speak volumes. How many people are you planting seeds in who you know and see regularly?

“. . . the seed is the word of God.
Luke 8:11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.8.11.NASB1995

. . . blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”
Luke 11:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.11.28.NASB1995

🌹Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Fruit Bearing

Jun24

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits.
Matthew 7:16-20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.7.16-20.NASB1995

What kind of fruit am I bearing?

My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.
John 15:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.8.NASB1995

You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
John 15:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.16.NASB1995

Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;
Matthew 3:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.3.8.NASB1995

🌹I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Sacrificial Praise From a Thankful Heart

Apr17

You are my God, I give you thanks; my God, I offer you praise.
Psalms 118:28 NABRE
https://bible.com/bible/463/psa.118.28.NABRE

What have you to be thankful for? Have you thanked God?
Have you given God a sacrifice of praise?

🌹Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.13.15.NASB1995

Have a blessed weekend giving praise to God with a thankful heart.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Living Water

Mar31

but whoever drinks of the water that I (Jesus) will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 4:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.4.14.NASB1995

He who believes in Me (Jesus), as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’ ”
John 7:38 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.7.38.NASB1995

🌹Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord And whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.17.7-8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Spirit – Wrap-up

Feb25

In Closing,
The fruit of the Spirit is a glorious gift from God. We can try to manifest this fruit ourselves but without the Holy Spirit residing in us it would be an impossible feat. So, let each of us personally surrender to the power of the Holy Spirit in us to display this awesome, necessary, fruit of the Spirit. If you don’t know the Holy Spirit,  surrender to Jesus, the Savior of your soul. If you don’t know Jesus, please seek a Christian friend, a Pastor, someone who demonstrates the fruit of the Spirit and ask how you can walk in the Spirit.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22-23.NASB1995

🙏If I have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, it is not an attribute of my making. It is because of Your Spirit that lives in me. For I am a wretched sinner, worthy of death. But because of You, Jesus, I am worthy, I am righteous and I carry the spirit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness, gentleness, self-control in me by Your grace. Glory to my God, who makes me who I am. Jesus, You are the best in me! I surrender myself to you, Lord God, that you may use me to your benefit and your pleasure and your will to be done. I ask for the freewill to allow You to work in me and through me to Your purpose and for Your glory.
In Jesus’ name I pray amen.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Attributes of God living in us! WoW!!

God is love 1 John 4:8
God is joy Romans 14:17
God is Peace Philippians 4:7
God is patient 2 Peter 3:9
God is kind(ness) Titus 3:4
God is good(ness) Mark 10:8; Lk. 18:19; 3 John 1:11
God is faithful(ness) 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is gentle(ness) Matthew 11:29
God is (self-)control – I believe this goes without saying, God is in control. The whole Bible is a testimony to this fact. By surrendering to His will; His way; His truth; I have self-control living in me.

but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
Hebrews 3:6 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.3.6.NASB1995

He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mic.6.8.NASB1995

I hope you have been as blessed as I have looking at the fruit of the Spirit and that you will, along with me, walk in the Spirit.

🌹If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit (follow the Spirit).
Galatians 5:25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.25.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Spirit – Self-Control

Feb24

But the fruit of the Spirit is self-control
Galatians 5:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.23.NASB1995

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things.
They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.9.24-27.NASB1995

I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
1 Corinthians 9:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.9.23.NASB1995

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:5-8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2pe.1.5-8.NASB1995

🌹But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.16.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https:// indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Spirit – Gentleness

Feb23

But the fruit of the Spirit is gentleness
Galatians 5:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.23.NASB1995

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
James 3:13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.3.13.NASB1995

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
Colossians 3:12-13 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.12-13.NASB1995

The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
2 Timothy 2:24-25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ti.2.24-25.NASB1995

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
Ephesians 4:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.4.1-2.NASB1995

. . . sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
1 Peter 3:15 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.3.15.NASB1995

🌹Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near.
Philippians 4:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/php.4.5.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Spirit – Faithfulness (Pt. 2 of 2)

Feb20

But the fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness
Galatians 5:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22.NASB1995

Who is more faithful than God Himself.
God’s faithfulness:

Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Psalms 36:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.36.5.NASB1995

For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 100:5 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.100.5.NASB1995

He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
Psalms 91:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.91.4.NASB1995

🙌 O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
Isaiah 25:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.25.1.NASB1995

🙏 Thank You, Father, for Your faithfulness in my life through the gift of Your Holy Spirit. May I surrender to His way in me, I pray in Jesus name.

🌹I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
Psalms 89:1 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.89.1.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Spirit – Faithfulness Pt. 1 of 2

Feb19

But the fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness
Galatians 5:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22.NASB1995

God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1co.1.9.NASB1995

Faithfulness lives in us who believe in God. God sent His Son, Jesus. Jesus who faithfully went to the cross on behalf of the world — you and me. When Jesus arose, returning to God the Father, we as believers received the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit of faithfulness who produces the fruit of faithfulness in us, to and for the glory of God.

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Deuteronomy 7:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/deu.7.9.NASB1995

For I proclaim the name of the Lord; Ascribe greatness to our God!
Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
Deuteronomy 32:3-4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/deu.32.3-4.NASB1995

For the word of the Lord is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness.
Psalms 33:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.4.NASB1995

🙌. . . Great is Your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/lam.3.23.NASB1995

Your faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You established the earth, and it stands.
Psalms 119:90 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.90.NASB1995

Trust in the Lord and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
Psalms 37:3 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.3.NASB1995

RESPONSE
🙏I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances before me.
Psalms 119:30 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.119.30.NASB1995

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,
Psalms 92:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.92.2.NASB1995

BLESSINGS
O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful And fully recompenses the proud doer.
Psalms 31:23 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.31.23.NASB1995

🌹A faithful man will abound with blessings, . . .
Proverbs 28:20a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.28.20.NASB1995

And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the Lord.
Hosea 2:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/hos.2.20.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Walk In The Spirit – Goodness

Feb18

But the fruit of the Spirit is goodness
Galatians 5:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/gal.5.22.NASB1995

I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.31.14.NASB1995

. . . you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
1 Peter 2:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.2.9.NASB1995

🙌 How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men!
Psalms 31:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.31.19.NASB1995

They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
Psalms 145:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.145.7.NASB1995

God is good. The Lord Jesus is good. The Holy Spirit is good.

The Holy Spirit living in believers is good. So let us demonstrate the goodness of God.

🙏To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2th.1.11-12.NASB1995

🌹for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
Ephesians 5:8-9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.5.8-9.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org