Are you fruitful, is your Ministry fruitful? May 31, 2012 Thursday

Are you fruitful, is your Ministry fruitful? May 31, 2012 Wednesday

Have you ever been pruned? Most of us if we are true Christians have been pruned and will continue to be pruned.  I have been pruned and God is still pruning me. In John 15 v NLT it says; “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit, For apart from Me you can do nothing.” In v4 God says; “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.”

In Matthew Henry’s Commentary it tells us “ The necessity of our abiding in Christ, in order to our own fruitfulness (v4-5)  You cannot bring forth fruit, except you abide in me; but, if you do, you bring forth much fruit; for without me you can do nothing. So necessary is it to our happiness that we be fruitful, that the best argument to engage us to abide in Christ is, that otherwise we cannot be fruitful. Abiding in Christ is necessary in order to our doing much good. He that is constant in the exercise of faith in Christ and love to Him, bringeth forth much fruit. A life of faith in the Son of God is incomparably the most excellent life a man can live in this world. It is necessary to our doing any good. It is the root and spring of all good: “Without Me you can do nothing: not only no great thing, but nothing.” Without Christ we can do nothing alright, nothing that will be fruit pleasing to God or profitable to ourselves. We depend upon Christ, not only as the vine upon the wall, for support; but, as the branch on the root, for sap.

It is incumbent upon us to be fruitful and be in God’s will. In order to be fruitful we need to not only study God’s word everyday but to find a “fruitful church.” Has your church or Ministry been pruned and continually being pruned by God? Furthermore in Matthew Henry’s Commentary it tells us; God made a promise to the fruitful: “He purgeth them, that they may bring forth more fruit.” Further fruitfulness is the blessed reward of forward fruitfulness. Even fruitful branches, on order to their further fruitfulness, have need of purging or pruning. The best have that in them which is peccant; some notions, passions, or humours, that want to be purged away. These shall be taken off in degrees in the proper season.

There are many fruitful ministries out there in your area, the trick is to find them, many of you are already attending fruitful ministries, you know this because they are in compliance with the word of God, if they are not in compliance with the word then they are not fruitful and you should find a ministry that is fruitful. Below I have mentioned as examples some fruitful ministries in my local area. I know that they are fruitful because they are in line with God’s word. I go to a full Gospel Ministry. There are so many fruitful ministries that I cannot list them all, for example Pastor James White, Pastor Jim Brass. You know who they are in your area, search them out and get blessed.

If you are looking for a full Gospel church to go to in the local area of Auburn, WA I am suggesting Faith&Vision Ministries (Pastor Jack Bernard) the services are on Sunday and Monday nights at 7:00 PM. We are located at; Lifegate Foursquare Church, 307 East Main St. in Auburn, WA 98002. Web page address is; www.faithandvison.com

If you need prayer you can reach the Pastor at fav1@comcast.net

If you are looking for a good messianic church I recommend One New Man Ministry in Bellevue, WA, their web address is; www.1newman.org

If you are looking for an outreach of God’s word and ministry to the world for old and young alike I highly recommend you check out the web site of this up and coming young evangelist Jordan Cook.  This young lady paints, writes, and preaches God’s word. This is a God ordained ministry and is outstanding for young folks, your children will love it and become closer to God.

It is called “Reaching My World.” The web address is www.reachingmyworld.com

You can also follow her on Twitter. I have watched her grow stronger in the Lord since she was a small child. You cannot go wrong following her. God has great plans for her and for you.