When we know the Lord things can change in our lives. In many instances where there has been no fruit, we are noticeably transformed as we receive God’s love pouring into our hearts. It is not wise to give up hope not only ourselves but others also. It may be hard to even picture a grumpy, negative person who is transformed into a person of joy, but the Lord is in the business of changing hearts and fruit results! We all can change but not by gritting our teeth and trying harder but by surrendering to the Lord and letting Him make us new. As Jesus said in John 15:16, You didn’t choose me, remember, I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, He gives you.” Let us be fruit bearing and may it show up in loving actions and spiritual growth in our lives etc.
God values each one of us and He takes the broken parts of our lives and makes us new. We need to give him our fears, our failures, our wounds so that life-changing things can begin to happen. We all have been wounded but we also have wounded others, so the key is forgiveness. We are called to forgive others, even as the Lord has forgiven us. If we live close to the center of God’s love, we will discover who God made us to be and desire to give up our selfish ways to find our true life and fruitfulness in the Lord.
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