-- Fruit Foundation
Fruit Fidelity
My Personal Walk with God Over The Years – by Lisa Rodney
The Three Steps of Discipleship
A Word on Judging
The Proper Way for a Man to Pray
God hath not promised…
When God Calls Your Name – A Word for Moms
REMEMBER Your Redemption: Free at Last!
REMEMBER God is our Judge
God’s No
“How do you know if what you are praying for is in God’s will?”
REMEMBER God is our Provider
REMEMBER God is our Lord
REMEMBER God is our Protector
Unto Us A Son is Given
Annunciation Appreciation | The Fundamentals of Faith
Annunciation Appreciation | Glorifying Jesus
Annunciation Appreciation | God’s Favour Frees From Fear
Annunciation Appreciation | Highly Favoured: Lowly Humbled
Annunciation Appreciation: Jesus is The Only Answer
Take Up Thy Cross
In His Hands
The Confrontation Conundrum
No Will but Thine
Me, A Betrayer
The Potter
Love’s Inscription
The Exchange
A Stew, a Stew! My Kingdom for a Stew!
I Prayed for Thee Today
The First Step to Salvation
Christians and Politics: A Few Questions to Consider
There is no love without God
VESTED with VALUE | All Lives Matter
Real Knowledge Produces Real Humility
Mission to the Masses: Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats?
Gleanings from The Garden of Gethsemane
The Temptation of Jesus | Learning how to fight back under satan’s attack
The Upside of Down | Disappointment, Depression and Spiritual Growth
Perspective on Prayer Projects
Fingerprints of False Teachers and False Doctrines
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh | Dedication, Worship, and Service
The Conquerors
Six Principles of Salvation
The Hath and the Hath Nots
Grappling with Grace
Say Hello to Holiness
The Ten Commandments
Will you Pass on the Faith Baton?
Obedience Fashions the Foundation for Fortitude
Money can buy…
Faith: Obedience to Go, Where You do not Know (Because God told You So)
The Last Christian Standing
A Mate Meet for Ministry
Before Dawn…
3 Days and 3 Nights | Accuracy & significance of the timeline for Jesus’ Death & Resurrection
Power Struggle | Thoughts on Romans Chapter 7
No Lust, No Sin, No Problem
The Friend I Needed
When We Do, We Will Know
Access to Grace
The State of the Bible
Is Baptism Required for Salvation?
God’s Joy in the Midst of Life’s Pain
ONE WAY OUT | The Call of Levi
Teaching Christ: The Church’s Crucial Calling
New Things for the New Year
When He Died
Not Only on Christmas Day
Christmas First
Gleaming Light
More Thoughts on Ferguson, MO.
Thoughts on Ferguson, MO.
FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 5 | Enter Into His Gates
FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 4 | Know God Personally
FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 3 | Joyous Intimate Communion
FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 2 | Serve God Gladly
FIVE STEPS TO THANKSGIVING: STEP 1 | Forget Self and Praise God
Do Not Be Surprised at Trials and Afflictions
Priestly Perspective on Politics
The State of Theology
My God, I Thank Thee, Who Hast Made
A Prayer
Foundation for Faithfulness
NO Middle-Ground: We LIVE in the LIGHT or DIE in the DARKNESS
New Neighbors
Making God Disappear
Perspective on Prayer
Heart Health: Search Me, O God
Pastor Dick Woodward – In Memoriam
Accept God’s Love = Expect God’s Correction
Love Persuasion
Nothing without Love: Three Mistaken Ministries
A Subtle Heresy
A Couple Crucial Characteristics of Christians
Wise Men, Whom Do You Seek?
Don’t be Afraid of THE LIGHT
Always Thankful
Mind-Blowingly More Than I Bargained For (A Testimony)
Altar Call
The Hope of His Calling
Practical Parenting
Look into The Word before you Leap into the World
Misery Masked by Mirth
How can I Grow Spiritually?
Sin is a Health Hazard
Happiness is Mercy’s Child
Levitical Light for Literal Liturgy: Give Thanks
Mercy Avenue Leads to Thanksgiving Place
Adversity or Atrophy
The Heavens Declare that God is Near
Thanksgiving is For God and For Ever
Do some good today: GIVE THANKS & SING PRAISES to God!
Compound Cure for a Dangerous Disease: Purging Prescription for Iniquity Infection
Failure and Success: The Scramble for Popularity
Share Christ in the Crisis
Finding Peace for the Soul and Strength for the Journey
Personal Holiness Is First
See GOD First
Deep Pockets of Grace: the Call to Generosity
FEAR NOT: Stand Still
FEAR NOT: Jesus Comes in Peace… for now
Calamitous Confidence
Water of Availability + Wine of Obedience = Wonder of Transformation
FEAR NOT: Be Available
FEAR NOT: God has a ‘Prison’ Reserved for You too
Fathers ‘Clued-in’ to God are not ‘Clue-less’
Be wary of modern-day “prophets”
God Says “Yes” to our Prayers when we say “Yes” to His Will
Is “Church Service” a Noun or a Verb Phrase?
Midnight Mindset | Trusting God’s Judgments throughout Tough Times
No Good without God
Faith Takes us where our Minds cannot Go
Welcoming Worship with the Willing within the Wilderness & without Widgets
There is NO Other Way, NO Other Truth, NO Other Life
Loving Our Enemies is More Important than Defeating Them
FEAR NOT: We are Worth More than Sparrows
How do you Slice your Prayer Pie?
The Thorn
FEAR NOT: You Shall Be Made Whole
Tribulation Forges Peace
We Don’t Live Here
Running on Empty
FEAR NOT: (If) Your Soul is Safe
Preparing for the Real Big Bang: Living On when Earth is Gone
FEAR NOT: Love your Neighbor
Real Rest
Complexity Curtails Clarity: Trust in God
FEAR NOT: Awesome Experiences Await, Be Strong!!!
The Puzzle Pieces Fit Perfectly and the Picture is Beautiful… Just Wait (in Faith) and See (in Glory)
FEAR NOT: Call God for Help
Teach Your Children about God before the World Does
FEAR NOT: God’s Children are Corrected; God’s Enemies are Annihilated
Find Faith in The Fathers Facts; Find Fear in your Feelings
FEAR NOT: God will Remove Our Shame
Go for Glory… God’s Glory
FEAR NOT: Be Obedient Instead
Being Faithfully Fruitful: Lessons from the Fateful Fig Tree
Jesus’ Triumphal Entry: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Awakened to Stillness
FEAR NOT: In Jesus We are Righteous: We are Jesurun!
FEAR NOT: (Whatever You have gone through) God still has a Place for You
FEAR NOT: God is with us in the Fires and in the Floods
FEAR NOT: Though God DISCIPLINES Us, God never DESERTS Us
FEAR NOT: God will Save Us
FEAR NOT: God is Faithful even when we are Faithless
FEAR NOT: God will FIGHT for You!
FEAR NOT: We can (only) Trust in The God we Know
FEAR NOT: God only Disciplines His Children
FEAR NOT: Believers, the enemy is Outnumbered
FEAR NOT: Trust God (Even) More
FEAR NOT: Focus on your Future, NOT your Past
FEAR NOT: “Seeing” God is a Blessing: Get to Know Him
FEAR NOT: Our God is (infinitely) Bigger
FEAR NOT: We are Tested so We can Testify
FEAR NOT: Shun Sin Instead
FEAR NOT: The LORD goes Before Us, The LORD is With Us, The LORD will not Leave Us
FEAR NOT: Overcome Obstacles with Obedience
FEAR NOT: Believers, God is for Us!
FEAR NOT: There is a Way out of the Wilderness
FEAR NOT: God is Working on Us
FEAR NOT: God’s Detours are not Dead-Ends
FEAR NOT: Salvation is Available: We can be FREE!
FEAR NOT: God Hears our Cries
FEAR NOT: God is our Shield and Reward
Grow without the Mire
Simeon’s Swansong of Salvation
There was No Room in the Inn: Just so the Shepherds could Fit In
The Taker and The Giver
A Poem for the Children of Sandy Hook, Newtown, CT
Broken Dreams
HE Is!
No Shadow of Turning
Katie’s Story: One Marvellous Miracle
Back to Work!
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing” — Snippet
The Parable of the Two Sons: “It’s not how you start… It’s how you finish!” — Snippet
Four Steps For Spiritual Restoration — Snippet
Political Perspective
A Temple in Sin City
When Reason Fails
Babes in Christ
Because of Mercy we have Life, Because of Life we have Hope
Prescription for Depression
Recognizing Jesus in “The Night”
Let’s Stay Together
Bear ye one another’s burdens…
GOD is FOR You!
Lessons from Noah’s Ark
The Sudden Storms of Life
A Mighty Fortress is Our GOD
LORD, Why won’t You Answer Me??!!
With the Eye of Tenderest Love
Burdened for the Brethren
More Special than Sparrows
The Awe-Full Truth about Self-Denial
Storms “Behind the Scenes”
Light for Life
The Truth in The Bible Tells The Truth about The Bible
My Prayer
Life Under Cover
Forgiveness: The Foundation for Fellowship
The Son and the Rain
Payback! — Snippet
Faithfulness: Foremost for Followers — Snippet
Misplaced Fear: Startled by a “Boo!” when God lives in You — Snippet
Believer’s ‘KFC’: Kindness Forgiveness & Compassion
Jesus and the Declaring Devils: Fanfare Foments Furor not Faith — Snippet
Redemption (Part 1): LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION — Snippet
The Limits of Knowledge
Walk within the Love of The Lord — Snippet
Choose the Right Weigh — Snippet
Giving Thanks instead of Giving Up
Gladly! — Snippet
The Forgiveness of a Father — Snippet
One Bible = One Belief: The Dilemma of Biblical Authenticity — Snippet
BUILDING A SPIRITUAL WALL: Five Imperatives of Spiritual Growth — Snippet
Working with God is Less Work — Snippet
Sin doesn’t Come in Sizes — Snippet
Precious Promises Prevail over Persistent Problems — Snippet
Look Up & Step Out! — Snippet
Teach me Lord
Ye-centricity
Suffering may Endure for a Season…
God’s Waiting to Share
A Mother Explains Heaven to Her Dying Son
God Will Answer Prayers that Answer God’s Will
To the Uttermost (Part II)
Give to GOD, or you will Give to the Government
Waiting for the Right Redeemer
God’s “Eighteen Wheeler”
Cross-Cultural Cross; Unmatchable Cost
Giving is about the Giver
Selfless Love = Love Self Less
Mary had The Little Lamb
Waiting Room
M-O-T-H-E-R
Before You Follow Jesus…
Salvation is for LIFE not for DEATH
The Gift
Working ‘with’ God is Less Work
Choose the Right Weigh
The Comforted shall become Comforters
Our Father’s Perfect Plans
Heart ‘Transplant’
A Couple Crucial Characteristics of the Christian Church
Belief is Only the Beginning
The Requirements for Righteousness
Reorientation from Remuneration Frustration
All have Knowledge, Some have Salvation, None have Excuse
Life is in The Light
G.R.O.W.: Gain Righteousness by Obeying The WORD
Rest in Hope
Tidings to Shepherds: Broadcasts to Outcasts
Pains of Rebirth
Improve the Silence
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting
Light to Live By
…and They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love
In the Pasture of The Shepherd King
Loss of a Loved One
Jesus Cleanses a Leper: A Revealing Healing
The Believer’s Battle is Spiritual (not Political)
The Wonderful not-so-Secret Secret to Knowing, Loving and Doing God’s Will
Meditating on The Mercy of God
When “The Thrill is Gone”
When God cannot be Found
Sanctification Secures Supplication
The Pattern of Grace
Precious Promises Prevail over Persistent Problems
Hope for the Future gives us Hope for the Present
Prayer: Public vs. Private
WELCOME!
Where is The Church?
Excellent Knowledge
“Germophobia”
Walk Within the Love of The LORD
Lessons from Man’s Best Friend
To The Uttermost
The Secret to Sleeping through Storms: Without Faith lies Fear; Within Faith stands Fortitude
Nothing but the Blood!
Timing is Everything!
Eternal Economics 101: Profit and Loss
The Heart
Armed and Right-e-ous
Prayers & Promises
Whose Ambassador are You?
Righteous Representation
Jesus and the Declaring Devils: Fanfare Foments Furor not Faith
The Father’s Good Gift
People are More Precious than Protocol
Healed for Saviour-Service, not Self-Service
Jesus’ Return: Responsibility, Righteousness and Reality
I Must Work While It Is Day
Three Steps to Freedom
Clothe Your Children in Scarlet
True Teachers Teach with “Authority”
Believing is Seeing
Payback!
The Purpose of Life
The Believer’s New Clothes
Lessons from the Barnyard
Heart Search
Gone Fishin’
The Forgiveness of a Father
Suffering: The Forgotten Gift
LIFE in the Kingdom of God
Faithfulness: Foremost for Followers
WANTED!!!: Wisdom
Elisha and The Feeding of the Hundred, Part 1: The Overcomer
Kneeling Down Will Lift Us Up
When it’s Time for a Change
Admission into the Kingdom
A Prescription for Failure
Faith: More than meets the Eye
Access to Grace
Triumph Through Trials
The Unconditional Love of God
SAVED, SANCTIFIED and SINGLE: When God’s Plan Excludes Marriage
Boundaries of Responsibility
Tackling Temptation
Remember The NAME
Qualifications for the Kingdom
Christmas “Unplugged”
Where are you going in this New Year?
The Night Before Christ-mas Redux Remix Reviz
Manger Bed: Free Food for Stall
Swaddling Clothes: Gift-Wrapped Love
Swaddling Clothes: Gift-Wrapped Salvation
Christmas Light
The Man with the Palsy | Salvation vs. Miracles: How do you see Jesus?
The Man with the Palsy | Deeds vs. Declarations: How do you see your brother?
License, Loopholes, Legislation and Legitimacy
The Man with the Palsy | Spiritual vs. Physical: How do you see yourself?
One Step at a Time…
You Are Loved
A Testimony of Tears and Triumph
Thoughts on God… from ‘a Softer Voice’
The Word is for Washing
A Prayer for Perspective
Faithful Stewards
I am Thanking You Now
Gladly!
The Therapy of Thanksgiving
Look Up & Step Out!
God knew you BEFORE you knew yourself | God Chose you BEFORE you chose Him!
The Gates of Thanksgiving
Again Lord…
Pressed Close to God
A Call for “The Little Engines” That Can’t
How do you see things?
Elijah and the Captains of Fifty | The Good, The Bad and the Uh… Seriously??
Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 4: UNDEFEATED, UNBOWED, UNDIMINISHED
Man of Contrasts
Loneliness can be Left Alone
Where is Your Heart?
Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 3: BRASEN WALLS
The Lord is my Shepherd, BUT. . .
Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 2: AN IRON PILLAR
Be ALL you SHOULD Be | Part 1: A DEFENCED CITY
A Majority of One
When Jesus Grieved
Sun Rising
Branch Treatment: Turning Water from Bitter to Sweet
Clothe your Children in Scarlet.
Misplaced Fear: Startled by a “Boo!” when God lives in you.
We can Only Walk in One Direction at a Time
Chosen by God, Obedient by Choice
Same Old, Same Old…
Be Still…
Rainbows… After the Rain
Today: A Day to Rejoice in the Lord: Today
Life from Death: The Promise of Affliction
Encounters with Jesus: The Rich Young Ruler
A.S.A.P. – Always Say A Prayer
One Bible = One Belief: The Dilemma of Biblical Authenticity
BUILDING A SPIRITUAL WALL: Five Imperatives of Spiritual Growth
I am thanking YOU now!
Redemption (Part 4): Knowledge [of God] is Power!
Your word vs. God’s WORD
Redemption (Part 3): Disobedience Disables.
Redemption (Part 2): Garbage in, Garbage Out
Redemption (Part 1): LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
Mindset: “Setting the sails of the mind”
The (Believers’) Alphabet
Anger Management
Get your IN-Right to be Downright Upright
The First Sin
True Love
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats: “Do I value others enough to put their needs above mine?”
The Parable of the Talents: “We are NOT saved by works, BUT we are saved to do works”
Finding Comfort in a Crisis
History has no Slaves
Measuring Up.
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing”
Miracles of Jesus: The Blind Man from Bethsaida
Immortal, Invisible, God ONLY Wise
Encounters with Jesus: The Rich Young Ruler
Melting Points and Acid Tests
Ready… Set… Answer!
Miracles of Jesus: The Ten Lepers: “It takes more faith to give your life to Jesus than to receive healing”
In Danger? Don Deer Feet!
God’s Power can Only be Perceived through the Eyes of Faith
Encounters with Jesus: The Widow’s Mite… “Only Faith enables us to give until we have nothing left.”
Miracles of Jesus: The Nobleman’s Son… Faith produces Miracles, but Miracles don’t produce Faith!
The Wrong Approach to Sin
The Promiser is the Point of the Promises
The Parable of the Two Sons: “It’s not how you start… It’s how you finish!”
H.O.P.E.: Heavenly Outlook Produces Endurance
Sin Doesn’t Come in Sizes
God has a JOB for you… and you didn’t even earn it.
Trials Teach True Tenderness
What Kind of Builder are You?
From Victim to Victor
Lending to the Lord
Forgiveness is Conditional
Four Steps For Spiritual Restoration
Encounters with Jesus: The Taxers, the Taxed and the Taxa
Encounters with Jesus: Bad News
Work-Wrought Worship
Reflections in Nehemiah: Not Everyone Is Going to Heaven
Reflections in Nehemiah: The Butler Did It!
Encounters With Jesus: Paying Taxes
You KNOW what to DO… GO DO IT!!!
Comment: Fruit Finding vs. Branch Burning
Reflections in Nehemiah: Weak Strength & Blessed Oppression
Reflections in Nehemiah: Feeling The Good Hand of God
Reflections in Nehemiah: The Right Words to Say
Pain and Prayer
Reflections in Nehemiah: Finding Comfort in Crisis
Redemption (Part 4): Knowledge [of God] is Power
Redemption (Part 3): Disobedience Disables
Redemption (Part 2): Garbage in, Garbage Out (Wrong Knowledge = Wrong Action)
Redemption (Part 1): LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
The First Sin — “Know God’s Word to know sin. Choose God’s Word to defeat sin”
Miracles of Jesus: The Blind Man from Bethsaida… “We need more than just Light, We also need Sight”
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats… “Do I value others enough to put their needs above mine?”
The Parable of the Talents… “We are NOT saved by works, BUT we are saved to do works”
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins… “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing”
Miracles of Jesus: The Ten Lepers… “It takes more faith to give our lives to Jesus than to receive healing.”
Miracles of Jesus: The Nobleman’s Son… Faith produces Miracles, but Miracles don’t produce Faith!
Encounters with Jesus: The Widow’s Mite… “Only Faith will enable us to give until we have nothing left.”
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