Ever wonder how some people are able to accomplish so much? What makes them so productive? Fast-forward to the end of your own life. What will it take for you to be able to say, \u2018I led a productive life. I accomplished what I set out to do\u2019? <\/p>\n
What do you consider to be a productive life? More importantly, do you know God\u2019s definition of a productive life? Let\u2019s consider what it means to be a fruitful Christian. The word \u2018fruit\u2019<\/i> occurs sixty-six times in the New Testament. Three different kinds of fruit are referred to: the kind we eat\u2014figs and grapes; biological fruit\u2014infants; and spiritual fruit\u2014Christ-like character. The Bible defines this spiritual fruit as nine things: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (see\u00a0Galatians\u00a05:22\u201323). <\/p>\n
Now you know the kind of fruit that God wants produced in your life. That\u2019s how He<\/i> defines a productive life. Jesus said, \u2018This is to My Father\u2019s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples.\u2019<\/i> (John\u00a015:8\u00a0NIV) The proof that you are a disciple of Jesus is that you bear spiritual fruit. <\/p>\n
Perhaps you\u2019re a good \u2018fruit inspector\u2019 when it comes to examining the lives of others. But what kind of fruit is growing in your own life? Are you growing more carnal or more Christ-like? To know how fruitful you are, examine what\u2019s growing<\/i> in your life. If you like what you see, keep doing what you\u2019re doing. If you don\u2019t, get down on your knees and pray, \u2018Father, help me to bring forth fruit that glorifies You.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ever wonder how some people are able to accomplish so much? What makes them so productive? Fast-forward to the end of your own life. What will it take for you to be able to say, \u2018I led a productive life. I accomplished what I set out to do\u2019? What do you consider to be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}