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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  PROTECTING THE FRUIT

Have you ever considered a thorn, they are the sharp points on plant that are protectors. Take the blackberry vines for example. The thorns are there to protect the fruit. Why would the fruit need protection? Because it is the seed for future generations of plants. Some of the fruit has to fall to the ground and the seeds take root for there to be future plants.

God will allow us to walk through thorns to help our fruit. I was reading my journal and I came across an entry from a couple of years ago. A friend had a dream about us and we were walking through a thicket of thorns. God showed her that as the thorns scratched us things came off of us that we didn’t need to carry. In other words, God allows the season of thorns to help us leave behind the things we no longer need to carry. Things like bitterness, pain from the past, pride, jealousy, unforgiveness and many more things. Anything that would be between us and God’s new assignments for our lives.

When Adam fell and God removed him out of the garden. The first-time thorns were mentioned they were a curse for Adam’s disobedience. He would have to fight thorns to grow his food. But we are redeemed from the curse. When Jesus wore a crown of thorns he took on that curse and reversed it.

Thorns in our lives are to help us guard our fruit. How do we do this you may ask? It is the same as guarding your heart. We have to be diligent about making sure to keep our integrity.

Prov 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

By guarding our heart from the things of this world we are protecting our fruit. It takes us paying attention to every detail of our lives. Being persistent to protect our faith walk and keep ourselves on course. Prayer will help us stay on course.

We cannot ever leave out how important study of the word is, because it’s our roadmap. We make time for the things that are important to us. How important is getting to know God better?

As we study the word there will be things that stick out to us, like a thorn. Those verses help us to become more like Jesus.  Being like Jesus means we have all the fruit of God’s Spirit operating in our lives.

Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

If we have the fruit of God in our lives there will be less room for the things of this world. In order to be a light to the world and to plant seeds of God’s love, we must have fruit.

When out walking by a tree if you see apples, you know it is an apple tree. When you see a blackberry vine and see blackberries you know it’s a blackberry vine. The same goes for the fruit of God’s spirit, people will see God’s love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control and wonder why we are different from the world.

Some people are ready for a change in their lives. They are good ground that just needs a seed. When we share Jesus with them that seed will grow creating more fruit. If they learn how to guard their fruit. The next time you see a thorn, don’t automatically think of it as a bad thing or a curse, it could be protecting the fruit.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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