Fruit

Follow God’s Call

When Adoniram Judson graduated from college and seminary he received a call from a fashionable church in Boston to become its assistant pastor. Everyone congratulated him. His mother and sister rejoiced that he could live at home with them and do...

Fruit, Missions, Obedience, Sacrifice, Service

Efforts of Man and Spiritual Fruit

A number of years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer's labor, required 4,000,000...

Fruit, Work

Only Children Joined the Church

A Philadelphia congregation watched as three 9-year-old boys were baptized and joined the church. Not long after, unable to continue with its dwindling membership, the church sold the building and disbanded.

One of the boys was Tony...

Children, Fruit, Perspective

The Domino Effect of Soulwinning

Mr. Kimball, a Sunday school teacher, in 1858 led a Boston shoe clerk to give his life to Christ. The clerk, Dwight L. Moody, became an evangelist and in England in 1879 awakened evangelistic zeal in the heart of Frederick B. Meyer, pastor of a...

Discipleship, Fruit, Soulwinning

Only a Boy

An old preacher was met one of his deacons, whose face wore a very resolute expression.

“I came early to meet you,” he said. “I have something on my conscience to say to you. Pastor, there must be something radically wrong in your...

Children, Dedication, Faithfulness, Fruit, Missions

Jim Elliot's Prayer

Jim Elliot was one of the martyred missionaries in 1956. He was a passionate Christian who journaled many of his thoughts and prayers. One such entry addressed his concern about impact. He wrote, “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those...

Dedication, Direction, Fruit, Prayer, Quote, Soulwinning

Pressure Forms Diamonds

Diamonds are formed under great pressure and heat. If these conditions do not exist, they are simply not formed. It is not that they will be low quality, or smaller in size, but they will not form. God brings His refining fire into our lives to...

Character, Fruit, Trials

Strawberries

Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I even love strawberry plants, for once they preached a powerful sermon to me which I've never forgotten. I was on my hands and knees in my garden pulling weeds, when suddenly I noticed something I had seen...

Fruit, Soulwinning

Visible Result

We ought to know better than to despair over the visible result of spiritual endeavor. During a recent visit to Johannesburg I spent a day at one of the gold-mines. There was immense activity, gangs of workers, clouds of dust, hissing steam,...

Encouragement, Fruit

Sowing and Reaping

Many Christians spend six days a week sowing wild oats and then come to church and pray for crop failure.

Source: Unknown

Fruit, Prayer