Tag: Fruit

My Declaration

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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. John 15:5

Read this aloud for yourself and your family:

Jesus, You are in full control. I am giving up myself as I invite You to take full reign. I am not capable of loving my family on my own. I need Your love to love them fully. I need Your peace to reign in my home. I need Your strength to do all You ask of me. I am laying down myself, as I seek Your will instead of my own.

I give you my family. Guard their hearts, minds, souls, and bodies. Protect them from all evil. Draw them close to Your heart, as You surround them with godly influences. Keep tapping on their hearts, as they bend their will to Yours and Yours alone.

I give you my future. My hopes and dreams. Open the doors you have for me, and shut firm the doors against Your will. Align my desires to Yours and Yours alone. I only want to dwell within Your will for me, Lord. Burn any dreams that are not from You. Give me answers to the areas I desperately seek You for. Let me see Your purpose for me, Lord. Walk with me, hand in hand, as I continue to seek You and You alone.

I give you my time. My talents. My everything. As You reveal your plan to me, allow me to see Your purpose. Allow me to see Your timing. Allow me to see the point of why You have allowed certain things. As I sit with You this day, remind me of Your love. Remind me of Your promises. Remind me of Your identity fashioned just for me.

I love You with all that I am. With all that I have. With all of me. Amen.

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Spilled Out

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The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45

What spills out of you every day?

Your moods from yesterday you simply cannot let go of yet?

Your depression from the hand life has dealt you?

Negativity, expecting the worst every time?

Anger as you are better then all of this?

Or joy, knowing God is above it all?

Peace, resting in the knowledge that God’s got this and more?

Mercy, remembering how God has poured out His mercy liberally on you?

What spills out of you tends to resort back to one question: who or Who is on the throne of your heart?

If it’s yourself, which is extremely common, then whatever spills out of you will be contingent upon your flighty circumstances.

It will depend upon who pleases you or not.

If God is on your heart’s throne, out will spill the fruits of the spirit as you remember God’s in control and you are not.

Luke 6 reminds us out of our heart’s abundance, the mouth speaks.

Out of your heart.

What’s in your heart? Values, beliefs, things you know and believe to be true.

If your heart believes God’s got this and more, spilling out of you will be His mercy and love to others.

But if your heart desires yourself and the things of this world, ugliness will spill when things do not go your way.

What will you choose?

Will you spread God’s very self to others this day?

Ask God to fill you with Himself.

Give Him the throne of your heart.

That way, when things spill out, you’ll be His hands and feet to those you meet.

Photos by Skylar Michael, Daniela Díaz, & Ben Moreland on Unsplash