1 John 2:15
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
NKJV
You cannot fake fruit.
What a blessing it was to have Alex McFarland as our guest speaker this Sunday. I was freshly reminded of the tremendous potential impact of the full outpouring of God's love by God's people on this world.
These are days of self-deception and lies. These are times marked with focus on 'self'. Many are deceived and many Christians have clothed themselves with a candy coating of worldliness. The average American spends 142 minutes a day watching television. By age 65, you will have spent nearly 9 years of your life, watching television. Sticky sweet idolatry marked with slogans such as "A diamond is forever", "Because you're worth it" and "Have it your way", proclaimed hourly to wide-eyed zombies ready to toe the line of "in". It is no wonder so many have bought into the lie.
Have you bought in to today's "self-worth" mentality? A good way to tell is to examine the fruit in your life. Good fruit comes by love for God and love for others. Bad fruit is the product of concentrating on 'self'. Be discerning about the fruit in your life. There is great potential for every child of God to bear awesome fruit. What are your priorities? Whom do they point to? Do they point to you, or do they point to Jesus?
Dear Jesus,
Thank You for loving me. Thank You for dying for me so that I can be forgiven. Lord, help me not to live a life of deception, but rather strive to live and walk in the Holy Spirit always showing my 'fruit'. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Living to tell what He died to say,
Pastor David McGee
Senior Pastor
Calvary Chapel of the Triad
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