*Matthew 12:33
"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit."
Every seed holds the promise of tomorrow. Tomorrow is the future. Every seed holds the promise of the future. Your words hold the promise of your future. The life you are living now is the result of the words you spoke in the past.
-Tom Brown
When Satan leaves a person's life, the evil that was in their life also leaves.
This is truly a miracle - when we are free from unrighteousness, God replaces our old life with a good life; this good life is Jesus Christ.
If you are a tree of Christ & your life is His, the fruit you bear should be the fruit of integrity, righteousness & truth.
It is by our fruit that we can determine what kind of tree we are.
Going to church does not guarantee our salvation; we attend the church because we are new trees that bear good fruit - we have been changed & now long to express heartfelt worship & gratitude toward God in His house.
The life of the Father in you is demonstrated in the kind of the fruit you bear.
Our lives need to be a reflection of the Word of God.
*Matthew 12:34-35
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
What is in your heart is expressed through your words.
When a person complains, their fruit is bad; when a person grumbles, their fruit is bad; when a person uses curse words; their fruit is bad. When they speak negatively, their fruit is bad; when they doubt & question everything, their fruit is bad.
When a person is full of God, their words are always full of faith, hope & optimism. They speak words that lead to success & that encourage those who have fallen.
They do not allow their words to be influenced by circumstances & they always speak in accordance with what the Word of God say.
Your life needs to reflect Christ - He should be present not only in your actions, but in every part of your life.
Your attitudes, your thoughts & your words need to line up with the Word, attitudes & & thoughts of God.
Every Christian should pay attention to their lifestyle so that they can be a conqueror.
It is essential that every believer lives a life of repentance, faith, prayer & fasting.
REPENTANCE:
Sin gives the enemy the legal rights to our lives. We cannot defeat him if our lives belong to him.
Repentance is a genuine & visible change.
You show repentance when you stop doing what you used to do.
FAITH:
Faith is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
*Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
Through faith, we can relate to God & without faith, it is impossible to please Him.
*Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
It is important to feed our faith through daily contact with the Word of God.
*Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
PRAYER:
Prayer is the channel God established to communicate with His children.
In prayer, we can express our feelings, desires & requests.
We can receive both direction & consolation, & we can conquer every blessing we need in the spiritual realm through prayer.
*Matthew 21:22
"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
FASTING:
Fasting allows us to supernaturally move the hand of God so that we can conquer the impossible.
Throughout the Bible, we find many examples of how fasting can activate the spiritual realm in our favor.
We therefore need to make fasting one of our spiritual habits.
*Matthew 6:16-18
"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
It means going without food for a set period of time with a defined spiritual purpose. Think about a situation in which you need to see breakthrough & fast with that very purpose in mind.
Depending on your physical condition & your daily activities, you can fast until midday, until 6pm or all day. Do this for 3 days.
During 3 days, invest the time you would have spent eating into reading the Bible & praying for the specific needs you have.
REMEMBER:
TO BE A CONQUEROR, I NEED TO BE A TREE THAT BEARS GOOD FRUIT.
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