Bearing Kingdom Fruit – Tiny Little Mites
Sin starts out small … like a tiny little mite on a mint leaf. It’s so tiny we don’t even notice it. But sin doesn’t stay small. It multiplies. It grows. Before we know it, the sin in…
Bearing Kingdom Fruit – Pollination
There are two vastly different zucchini pictured here … one is large, green, & healthy; the other is tiny, yellow, & shriveled. What is the difference?? The difference lies in the fact that one zucchini was properly pollinated; …
Bearing Kingdom Fruit – Resting
The strawberries growing in this field are not working hard. They are not toiling. They are simply resting, underneath the leaves. The fruit grows slowly, bit by bit, day by day. The strawberries grow because they are connected…
Blessed are the peacemakers
Our background photo features a bee ... reminding us that just as bees are vital for fruit and crops to be produced, so also the Holy Spirit is vital for Kingdom Fruit to be produced in our lives.…
Blessed are those who seek righteousness
It is not possible to have crops or food without the work of bees; so also, in the same way, it is not possible to bear Kingdom Fruit without the work of the Holy Spirit. Today’s verse states…
Blessed are the humble
Without the work of bees and pollinators, we would have no fruit or vegetables to eat. So also, in much the same way, without the work of the Holy Spirit, the fruit of Kingdom Living cannot be produced…
Blessed are the merciful
This week’s daily verses are taking a look at The Beatitudes. The background photos are bees … reminding us that just as it is not possible to have crops or food without the work of bees, so also…
Sermon on the Mount
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew, chapters 5-7) was radical for those who first heard it, because in this sermon Jesus was bringing to an end the centuries-old, well-established way of living according to the Law, and ushering…
Be that Friend!
In today’s background photo, individual water droplets have all piled up to the point of becoming a raging torrent of foaming white-water! Sometimes the trials of life feel like this! So many little things … hard things! ……
Take Action
Mark 2:1-5 relates a story about four men who cared so deeply about the suffering of their paralyzed friend that they literally physically carried their friend to Jesus. This is what God wants us to do! God wants us…