Weeds

"He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing...By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples."  John 15:6 & 8

"Weeds are anything in your life that is taking up valuable resources but does not produce fruit." - Pastor Brady Boyd

I so want to be someone  who is not caught up in the things of the world.  My spirit longs for the simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and life in His Spirit.  I love the quote above about the weeds in our life.  Pastor Brady goes on to say that these weeds are not necessarily bad things; they are just using us up without any good produce.  Great sermon - watch or listen to "The Law of the Farm" here: New Life Sermons. 

Pray for me tonight, as I struggle through the worldly decisions of life, that I will remain "unspotted from the world"; that I may bear good and acceptable fruit from the resources of the Holy Spirit. 

Rachel and I, as I wrote a few posts ago, are partaking in The Whole 30.  It's basic purpose is to take 30 days to eat only things that produce good things for our body.  We're learning that this is so true in our lives as well.  Rachel has been reading!  Our hope is that our lifestyle, as well as our diet, begins to feed us with things that only produce good fruit.  Sometimes we have to do natural things so that we can better understand the spiritual things (1 Corinthians 15:46).  I'm thankful that the Lord is showing us spiritual things as a result of taking care of our natural things. 

So I say, get in shape!  I said it.  Get off your butt and go work your body out.  Make it hurt; discipline it unto subjection (1 Corinthians 9:27).  When you learn how your body grows in strength and endurance, you'll also learn how your spirit and mind grow in strength and endurance.  Use your resources for the things that produce good fruit.  Lord, help us to see with Kingdom eyes, that we may partake in Kingdom activities, thoughts, and prayers. 

P.S. - this is a good song: I Will Exalt