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from
Former Pastor Jack Cohen
Moore's Chapel United Methodist Church
Take
a Fall for God
This
time of year for many is their favorite time of the year. For
many of you, the cool breeze, the changing and falling leaves, the orchards
and hay rides. But
what about this year with the 80°
weather?
Melissa had told the kids early this Summer,
“When the leaves start changing color, the baby will almost be here.” Well,
as you know, many of the leaves began changing as early as August due to the
drought – try to explain that to a two-year-old and four-year-old.
The season of Autumn or Fall has a great
comparison for us in our Christian walk.
If the trees did not release the dead/dying leaves that remain
on its tree, it would (1) never be a able to receive the blessings of the
living leaves that will return in the Spring; (2) be able to help with the
growth of new trees (saplings); and (3) have the joy of personal growth
where there was once death.
In
John15:1-2;
8, Jesus states, "I
am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in
me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so
that it will be even more fruitful . . . This is to my Father's glory, that
you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples," (NIV).
Jesus strongly reminds his disciples and us today that our main
commitment to God is bearing fruit! If
there are areas that are “dead leaves” in our spiritual lives, we have
to come to the point where we must allow and ask God to prune those areas
away so we can be true disciples “bearing much fruit.”
In
John12:24,
the Jesus states, "I
tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds," (NIV).
The next key to this is by letting God remove the kernels,
it will fall and in turn produce other areas of growth in other people.
I
know that I have given you 2 weeks of tree stories, but it seems so
important, that we have to boldly make our desire to bear much fruit for
God, for both our own growth and the seeding of others in the kingdom.
Are you ready to take a fall for God?
Just
for the Fun of It
What
a Gift
A
father once tried to talk to his son about how college was going: The father
said, "How are things going?"
The son said, "Good." The father said, "And the
dormitory?" He said,
"Good." The father said, "How are your studies going?"
He said, "Good." The father said, "Have you decided on
a major yet?" He said, "Yes." "Well, what is it?"
asked the father. The son said, "Communication."
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