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Tag: Fruit

  • “The Prolific Certainty”

    4 20 2020 John 15 4
    Praise The Lord Everyone!!! ✝️❤️😊

    The first word in our focal morning passage is “REMAIN.” The verse is understandable and straight forward. There’s no intellectual or hidden meaning. It’s simple; it’s saying “stay connected, embrace, hold on.
    Beloved, we’ve been called. We must remain in the vine or to stay connected to the vine in all things, from the most significant issues down to the tiniest matters in life. The passage above reminds us that Jesus is the vine and that for us to bear fruit, we must hold on to (stay connected) to the vine very tightly in our daily lives. We can’t be fruit bearers in this world unless we persistently stay snuggly connected to the authentic prolific fertile substance of Jesus Christ. One of our most vital responsibilities in this world is to bear fruit (be productive), and while we may find it challenging at times, ‘Remaining In Christ’ is the route that leads us into bearing fruit or being industrious for His glory.
    Beloved, we must make it our daily responsibility to inspect our linkage to Christ to make sure we’re tightly connected to Him because our life resources flow from Him to us.
    Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊
    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for operating within me. Help me to remain persistent in You even amid persecutions. Reinforce my faith so that I’ll always stay reminded that You’re capable of completing everything.
    In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️
    Let us all remember to wash our hands and continue to stay in compliance with social distancing.
    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a Splendid Monday and an Efficient Week, Everyone.
    ✝️❤️😊
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  • “Refining the Fruit of Virtue and Moral”

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    Beloved, illustrating spiritual fruit is the exam above all the spiritual examinations given to a true believer.

    After facing serious or dangerous situations, I’ve often heard people say, “I saw my entire life flash before my eyes.” Well, that’s the picture we get in our Sunday morning Bible Verse Philippians 1:11.

    Beloved, “the fruit of righteousness” refers to what’s formed in you as you activate love, pursue brilliance or quality, and sustain your integrity. It embraces every attitude and achievement consistent with God’s standard of what’s right.

    The words “Having been filled” speaks of something that occurred in the past with ongoing results. You see, at your salvation the seeds of virtue and moral were imbedded within you. They bear righteous fruit throughout your lifetime. On the day of Christ, it’s those fruits that will confirm your salvation.

    Fruitful productivity has always been the exam above all the spiritual examinations of true salvation. Jesus said in John 8:31: “If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine”. In John 8:31 when John the Baptist admonished his followers to “bring forth fruits in keeping with repentance”, he was speaking of good deeds in verses 10-14. In Eph. 2:10, Paul said we’re God’s workmanship, “created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them”,, John said in 1 John 2:6 (cf) that all who profess Christ should live as He lived.

    And one more thing I must add, bearing spiritual fruit isn’t something you can accomplish on your own. It “comes through Jesus Christ” – Phil. 1:11. In John 15:4-5 Jesus Himself said, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing”.

    Beloved, you were redeemed to glorify God through virtue and moral conduct. So, as you present yourself throughout this Sunday make virtue and moral conduct your priority. Amen? – Aaamen. 😀

    Beloved, life is very short. It comes and goes like an unannounced gust of wind. None of us know the hour or day when that gust of wind will be permitted to enter our room and blow out our earthly light. So today, reach out and touch someone and tell them you love them – BECAUSE TELLING THEM LATER JUST MIGHT BE – TOO LATE.

    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! – Have a blessed Sunday Everyone. 😀

  • “God Deserves The Glory”

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    Focal Scripture  John 15:8

    There’s an old Full Gospel adage that says God gets glory from the wonderful way His children bear pain and agony and that the world is impressed by that. That is a flat out lie!!! Beloved, that’s simply an instrument of the devil to keep God’s children in suppressed.

    Think about it. People all over the world already have all the pain and agony they want. They aren’t looking for a way into it. They’re looking for a way out. They don’t care what you preach. It’s the religious people who get worried about that. The world, the sinners, are smarter than that. All they care about are the results.
    That’s why they’ll come to your church/ministry when they hear people are getting healed, delivered and set free from suffering. That’s what they’re looking for, and that’s what God wants them to receive.

    Beloved, the Bible says in Matthew 15:31 that God gets glory when they see the lame walk and the blind see!!! Jesus said in John 15:8, ” When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.” So, someone out there may be asking: “Bishop Houston, what is that fruit?” WELL I’M GLAD YOU ASKED!!! 😀 That fruit is lives being restored and healed by the power of God.

    I can remember a few years back a woman came to a tent revival I was preaching, who was so far gone with cancer she had almost no energy or life within her. She didn’t even know the Lord, but she came expecting a miracle. During the revival service, the spirit of the Lord spoke into my spirit that someone was being healed of cancer, in the glands, in the throat, and in the chest. When the woman came up and to receive prayer, she said to me, “Bishop Houston, I left the hospital this morning with cancer and I am not claiming it!!! I’m cured.” I was told she went to the hospital 2 weeks later for her appointment and the doctors checked and re-checked. Her cancer was gone. As a result, the woman went to her church the following Sunday and received Jesus as her Lord, and the blessings got better!!! Later during that same service, she and her husband (they were separated) reunited and he got born again!!! WOW!!! healed and her marriage put back together in one day!!!

    Now that’s fruit!!! Beloved, that’s what brings God glory. You see, when we minister healing and deliverance like Jesus on the earth, that brings God glory. So, let’s do away with religious adages and go with what the Word says. Let’s impress the world with Jesus Words, because God deserves the glory!!!
    Have a Great Sunday.