{"id":18953,"date":"2026-05-05T16:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=18953"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:26:22","slug":"fruitfulness-from-a-no-fruit-bearing-to-an-abiding-fruit-bearing-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/fruitfulness-from-a-no-fruit-bearing-to-an-abiding-fruit-bearing-4\/","title":{"rendered":"FRUITFULNESS – FROM A NO-FRUIT BEARING TO AN ABIDING-FRUIT BEARING\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FRUITFULNESS – FROM A NO-FRUIT BEARING TO AN ABIDING-FRUIT BEARING: ONLY MADE POSSIBLE BY ABIDING IN GOD’S LOVE AND ABIDING IN HIS WORD!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“And this I pray, that your love may ABOUND yet more and more IN KNOWLEDGE and IN ALL JUDGMENT; 10 that ye may APPROVE things that are excellent; that ye may be SINCERE and WITHOUT OFFENCE till\u00a0the\u00a0day of Christ; 11 BEING FILLED WITH\u00a0THE\u00a0FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, which are by Jesus Christ, unto\u00a0the\u00a0glory and praise of God”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 1:9-11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Desiring to be FRUITFUL? Desiring to ensure and be assured in FRUITFULNESS? Desiring to MATURE and be MATURING in FRUIT bearing? Desiring to abound in ABIDING FRUIT Bearing?\u00a0That’s\u00a0all possible in God’s enabling GRACE and BLESSEDNESS. Our Heavenly Father wants you in Christ Jesus stead to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE or be a SURVIVAL in doing life and living godly in His grace in Christ Jesus stead. He wants you to be able to live meaningfully fulfilled in all you do, in LIFE and GODLY LIVING. Hence,\u00a0there’s\u00a0the\u00a0need for PURPOSEFUL and MEANINGFUL living,\u00a0in order to\u00a0ensure FRUITFULNESS to THRIVE, toward a FULFILLING life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PURPOSEFUL LIVING comes by ABIDING In God’s LOVE which is secured in ABIDING in His WORD. It\u00a0therefore means, that as you ABIDE in God’s WORD, you will THRIVE in phases. Doing life are in PHASES just as men are in SIZES. However,\u00a0SIZE only depends on how much one can take on\u00a0the\u00a0various PHASES\u00a0encountered\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0course of\u00a0doing life.\u00a0It’s\u00a0at this LIFE PHASES stage that\u00a0the\u00a0definition comes in: whether one is going to THRIVE or merely SURVIVE – as sometimes said, \u201csurvival of\u00a0the\u00a0fittest\u201d.\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0phases in God’s BLESSEDNESS are drawn\u00a0from John 15:1-16, and every phase is vital and important indeed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Herein are\u00a0these PHASES:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. A NO FRUIT bearing stage – Vs 1-2\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. A FRUIT bearing stage – Vs 1-2\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. A MORE FRUIT bearing stage – Vs 1-2\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. A MUCH FRUIT bearing stage – Vs 5, 8\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. And an ABIDING FRUIT stage – Vs 16\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            THRIVING is an essence of God as in\u00a0the\u00a0above phases; and it must be noted that God takes one through\u00a0the\u00a0PHASES so that one can be able to be FRUITFUL, that’s FRUIT BEARING; more so, that one can eventually earn or attain to such MATURITY in God’s enabling GRACE and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            I pray you will THRIVE through each PHASE state with ease in grace; and by abiding in God’s LOVE and His WORD, you will in LIFE and GRACE, ABIDE in FRUITFULNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. And may this SCRIPTURAL PRAYERS of\u00a0Philippians 1:9-11 and Ephesians 3:14-19<\/b>, ABOUND with you as written:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “And this I pray, that your love may ABOUND yet more and more IN KNOWLEDGE and IN ALL JUDGMENT; 10 that ye may APPROVE things that are excellent; that ye may be SINCERE and WITHOUT OFFENCE till\u00a0the\u00a0day of Christ; 11 BEING FILLED WITH\u00a0THE\u00a0FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, which are by Jesus Christ, unto\u00a0the\u00a0glory and praise of God”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 1:9-11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “For this reason I bow my knees to\u00a0the\u00a0Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom\u00a0the\u00a0whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to\u00a0the\u00a0riches of His glory, to be STRENGTHENED with might through His Spirit in\u00a0the\u00a0INNER man, 17 that Christ may DWELL in your hearts through faith; that you, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE, 18 may be able to comprehend with all\u00a0the\u00a0saints what is\u00a0the\u00a0width and length and depth and height\u2014 19 TO KNOW\u00a0THE\u00a0LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSES KNOWLEDGE; that you may be FILLED with all\u00a0the\u00a0FULLNESS of God”<\/i>\u00a0Ephesians 3:14-19 NKJV.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            For a more comprehensive BIBLE STUDY on this context subject of fruitfulness and fruit bearing and maturity, do follow this link for your perusal:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            https:\/\/www.redemptionlifeinternational.org\/spiritual…\/<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “I am\u00a0the\u00a0TRUE VINE, and my\u00a0Father\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0HUSBANDMAN. 2 Every branch in me that BEARETH NOT FRUIT he taketh away: and every branch that BEARETH FRUIT, he PURGETH it, that it may bring FORTH MORE FRUIT. 3 Now ye are clean through\u00a0the\u00a0word\u00a0which I have spoken unto you. 4 ABIDE in me, and I in you. As\u00a0the\u00a0branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it ABIDE in\u00a0the\u00a0vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am\u00a0the\u00a0vine, ye are\u00a0the\u00a0branches: He that\u00a0abideth\u00a0in me, and I in him,\u00a0the\u00a0same bringeth forth MUCH FRUIT: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man ABIDE not in me, he is cast forth as a\u00a0branch, and\u00a0is withered; and men gather\u00a0them, and cast\u00a0them into\u00a0the\u00a0fire, and\u00a0they are burned. 7. If ye ABIDE in me, and my WORDS ABIDE in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye BEAR MUCH FRUIT;\u00a0so\u00a0shall ye be my disciples. 9. As\u00a0the\u00a0Father\u00a0hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall ABIDE IN MY LOVE; even as I have kept my Father\u2019s\u00a0commandments, and\u00a0ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11.\u00a0These\u00a0things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might REMAIN (ABIDE) in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment,\u00a0That\u00a0ye LOVE one another, as I have LOVED you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for\u00a0the\u00a0servant\u00a0knoweth\u00a0not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 16 Ye have not CHOSEN me, but I have CHOSEN you, and ORDAINED (APPOINTED) you, that ye should go and bring FORTH FRUIT, and that your FRUIT SHOULD REMAIN (ABIDE, ABOUND): that whatsoever ye shall ask of\u00a0the\u00a0Father in my name, he may give it you”\u00a0<\/i>John 15:1-16 (Emphasis Mine).<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “And this I pray, that your love may ABOUND yet more and more IN KNOWLEDGE and IN ALL JUDGMENT; 10 that ye may APPROVE things that are excellent; that ye may be SINCERE and WITHOUT OFFENCE till\u00a0the\u00a0day of Christ; 11 BEING FILLED WITH\u00a0THE\u00a0FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, which are by Jesus Christ, unto\u00a0the\u00a0glory and praise of God”<\/i>\u00a0Philippians 1:9-11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “Every man according as he\u00a0purposeth\u00a0in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may ABOUND to every good work: 9 (as it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to\u00a0the\u00a0poor: his righteousness\u00a0remaineth\u00a0for ever. 10 Now he that\u00a0ministereth\u00a0seed to\u00a0the\u00a0sower\u00a0both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, AND INCREASE\u00a0THE\u00a0FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS;) 11 being ENRICHED in\u00a0every thing\u00a0to all BOUNTIFULNESS, which\u00a0causeth\u00a0through us thanksgiving to God”<\/i>\u00a02 Corinthians 9:7-11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “For ye were sometimes\u00a0darkness, but\u00a0now are ye light in\u00a0the\u00a0Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (for\u00a0the\u00a0FRUIT of\u00a0the\u00a0Spirit is IN ALL GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH;) 10 proving what is ACCEPTABLE unto\u00a0the\u00a0Lord”<\/i>\u00a0Ephesians 5:8-10.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “But\u00a0the\u00a0wisdom that is from above is first pure,\u00a0then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and GOOD FRUITS, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And\u00a0the\u00a0FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN IN PEACE of\u00a0them that make peace”<\/i>\u00a0James 3:17-18.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            “Now no chastening for\u00a0the\u00a0present\u00a0seemeth\u00a0to be joyous, but grievous:\u00a0nevertheless\u00a0afterward it\u00a0yieldeth\u00a0the\u00a0PEACEABLE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS unto\u00a0them which are EXERCISED\u00a0thereby”<\/i>\u00a0Hebrews 12:11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            SUMMARY:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            The\u00a0message focuses on\u00a0the\u00a0importance of abiding in God’s love and word to experience fruitfulness and thrive in life. It emphasises that God wants believers to thrive, not just survive, and that this is achieved by going through various phases of spiritual growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

            Key Points:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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            1. Phases of Fruitfulness:\u00a0<\/b>The\u00a0message outlines phases of fruit-bearing based on\u00a0John 15:1-16:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              • No fruit bearing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • Fruit bearing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • More fruit bearing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • Much fruit bearing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • Abiding fruit bearing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Abiding in God’s Love and Word<\/b>:The\u00a0key to fruitfulness is abiding in God’s love and word\u00a0(John 15:1-16).<\/b>\u00a0This leads to:\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                          • Thriving in life phases\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                            • Bearing much fruit\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                              • Fulfillment\u00a0in life and godly living\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Scriptural Support:<\/b>The\u00a0message cites several Bible verses emphasising:\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                  • The\u00a0importance of abiding in Christ\u00a0(John 15)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                    • Praying for love to abound in knowledge and judgment\u00a0(Philippians 1:9-11)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                      • Being strengthened in\u00a0the\u00a0inner man through God’s love\u00a0(Ephesians 3:14-19)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                        • Fruitfulness in righteousness and peace\u00a0(2 Corinthians 9:7-11, James 3:17-18, Hebrews 12:11)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                          Call to Action:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                          • Abide in God’s word to thrive\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                            • Desire fruitfulness and maturity in Christ\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                              • God’s grace enables thriving, not just surviving\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                                Prayer Takeaway<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span>
                                                The\u00a0message includes a prayer for\u00a0the\u00a0reader to thrive through each phase, abide in fruitfulness, and experience God’s love and word.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                Overall:<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0message encourages believers to focus on abiding in God’s love and word to experience spiritual growth, fruitfulness, and a fulfilling life in Christ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                REV. CHUKIE MORSI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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