Good Fruit....JOY!

          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  What kind of fruit flavor do you enjoy the most? 

            We’ve been talking a lot this week about hearing God and how important it is to slow down long enough to seek His will in our lives.  When we do make spending time with Him a priority, then we will begin to bear fruit!  THAT, you see, is where the JOY JUICE comes from….from the fruit of JOY.

             Fruit is mentioned quite often in the Bible. In the New International Version (NIV), the word fruit appears more than 150 times. We see it first in Genesis 1:11, the first book and chapter of the Old Testament, and its final occurrence is in Revelation 22:2, the last book and chapter of the New Testament.  If we find it so often throughout the Bible, from start to finish…then it must be really important!

            When people observe your life, do they see good “fruit” or bad “fruit”? 

            Matthew 12:33: Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

  

As faithful Christians we should be producing plenty of good fruit to share with others every day!

And of course, that includes sharing your JOY JUICE squeezed from the fruit of the Spirit!

            Ask the Lord to plant His fruit in the garden of your heart; let Him water it with the Living Water and watch the crop abound!