Bearing much fruit

Those who are born again of the Spirit of God become ONE SPIRIT with Jesus Christ. They are His sheep, they listen to His VOICE and they FOLLOW Him. Without Jesus we can do nothing. He called us to bear fruit and we can only bear fruit if we remain IN HIM, if we are led by the Holy Spirit. Without Him we can do nothing. We need to be led by His Spirit and the only way that we will be led by His Spirit is if we follow Him, through our close communion with Him, continuously seeking Him in prayer, listening , OBEYING and DOING what He tells us to do.

Those things that we do of our own mind, of our own initiative, they do not give glory to God. It is only when we act under guidance of the Holy Spirit that we bring glory to our Father. That is why we must be continually focused on Jesus, always praying, always be led by the Holy Spirit in order to be fruitful, to bear good fruit.

Most believers do not have the Holy Spirit. They are not led by the Spirit of God, they don't have that close communion with Jesus Christ and that is why He will say to them:”Go away I never knew you.” We first need to come close to Jesus and stay close to Him, WITH HIM, all the time, or else we cannot please Him. We need to be LISTENING to the Holy Spirit to be able to do the will of God. If we seek him, we find Him but if we do not go after Him then we will not be led by the Holy Spirit.

Have you received the Holy Spirit? Are you in that close relationship with Jesus where you WAIT on Him and where you DO what is pleasing to Him because YOU HAVE HEARD FROM HIM and you are DOING HIS WILL? That is the only way that we can please Him. It is through that close relationship with Jesus, being ONE SPIRIT with Him and doing that WHICH HE TELLS US TO DO. May Jesus bless you.

How to pray

The prayer that Jesus taught the disciples to pray was the simplest of all prayers but it includes everything that we need to pray. Firstly we give glory to God and honor and praise:”Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come...” We pray for His kingdom to come, for His will to be done, not our will. “Give us this day our daily bread...” Bread for the body, the physical but bread for the soul also. Man shall not live from bread alone but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. If we pray and we expect that Bread of Life, He will speak to us also and give us bread for our souls. “Forgive us our trespasses as we HAVE FORGIVEN those who have trespassed against us...” We ask forgiveness because we have also forgiven those who have sinned against us, or else we cannot expect forgiveness. “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil...” We ask His protection, we pray that He guide our footsteps and then we will be safe. What more do we need? That is ALL WE NEED. If we pray the Lord's prayer and TRUST Him we need nothing more because then we have prayed everything that we need to pray, but we need to TRUST HIM, not just say the words, an idle repetition of words means nothing to the Lord. If it does not come from the heart it is useless. We must pray with all our heart and it will be done for us. May Jesus bless you.