2012-08-27T14:48:43-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/fruit/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/how-to-avoid-a-spiritual-hernia-6684 2012-08-27T14:48:43-05:00 Don't get it backwards. You're not the vine producing the fruit. Jesus said, "I'm the vine. All you are is the branch." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/resigning-the-air-band-joining-the-symphony-6512 2011-12-27T10:34:01-05:00 Serving Christ becomes just going through the motions when we start just cranking it out instead of following the four secrets of fruit bearing: staying clean, clinging, asking, and sacrificing for others. That creates a natural flow of Christ through you, not a busy, but empty performance. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-painful-road-to-greater-results-6111 2010-06-14T11:48:22-05:00 Pruning is actually God's loving surgery to let His light go deeper into your life than it has ever gone before. You may not enjoy the process. You probably won't enjoy the process - but you, and everybody else is going to love the results! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012:33&version=NIV 2009-09-25T10:20:43-05:00 A common theme in the Bible is the idea that people can be recognized by the things they do. While it's impossible to know somebody else's heart, we do know that an evil heart is unable to produce good and loving works, just as a bad tree can't produce good fruit. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:18&version=NIV 2009-09-18T11:25:20-05:00 The things we do are sometimes called "fruits" in the Bible--bad fruits are bad deeds, and good fruits are good ones. Just as you can learn something about a tree by the fruit it produces, so we can learn about the state of our heart--good or bad--by the quality of the fruit that we produce in our lives. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/flowers-or-fruit-8280 2009-09-16T14:27:31-05:00 The pear trees around our Ministry Headquarters really show off in the Spring! They’re covered with these beautiful white flowers. It’s like an explosion of life and color, but there’s an ugly little secret about those pear trees. They’re called ornamental. They don’t produce any pears, just pretty flowers—like lots of people at church every week. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=35629&columnid=3803 2008-10-27T18:02:38-05:00 What does the Law have to do with us? Most Christians ignorantly will state that the law has nothing to do with then since they are under grace. But... http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/No-Such-Thing-As-Retirement-3956 2008-07-28T15:43:26-05:00 It is God's will that you "still bear fruit" in your "old age" - that you stay fresh and productive, not stale and on the sidelines. You can retire from a career. You can retire from a company or occupation, but you can't retire from the service of Jesus Christ! http://discipleshiptools.org/pages.asp?pageid=60402 2008-06-09T20:34:25-05:00 The Fruit of the Spirit is the Holy Spirit, God’s active love and work within and through us so we bear and convey His Fruit. This means we add to as in supplement His Fruit, http://churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/webstore/ec.cgi?page=devote.html&frame=yes&cart_id=p1201722544_870 2008-01-30T14:52:50-05:00 If you want to prioritize your life, check your spiritual growth, experience personal revival, or find a guide to spending time with God, this is the category to visit.