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New-Salem-BC — Photo From Baptist Press. Volunteers at New Salem Baptist Church, Limestone, prepare for distribution a wide variety of donations the church has received and that will go out to the surrounding area where flooding from the Nolichucky River caused extensive damage. New Salem is one of many local churches in upper Northeast Tennessee that have rallied to serving their communities and other churches that were destroyed by flooding. Photo by Chris Turner

Are You Bearing Fruit?

Adrian Rogers: “Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. How have you seen God bring fruit from your faith? Where is your faith weak? Have you come humbly to God for the work of His Spirit? Explain.

Pastor Dewey Moede

November 10, 2024

Sharon and I met Amy in Laramie, Wyoming a year ago so on a Great Commission trip. Amy’s family is growing. Glory to God! We love this family. We love sharing JESUS and carrying out The Great Commission. Here is what Amy wrote on Facebook: Today my little family received this bible in the mail. And I am so excited to get diving into it. Bubba and I have decided that we are going to read a chapter a night.
Thank you Dewey and Sharon! We love you both!

TODAY’S DAILY DEVOTIONAL

November 10, 2024

“Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”

EZEKIEL 47:12

PONDER THIS

On a Sunday morning, I’ll preach and give an invitation. We’ll have some people come in the service to accept Christ and I’m grateful for that. But what would happen if, out of your life, was flowing a river of living water. What would happen if you were sharing Jesus Christ regularly?

Where the river flows, the fruit of the Spirit will show—love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, mercy, faith. Where these waters flow, these trees grow, and fruit will follow. It’ll be very obvious that you’re a child of God. When people meet you and walk away from you, whether they believe in you or like you or not, they will say that you are different because they see in you the fruit of the Spirit, which is really the character of Jesus Christ.

You may be in a place where you are weak—anemic in your faith. You have no power in your prayer life. You have no substance in your witness. You have no great authority in your spiritual warfare. Very frankly, you need to be healed. The secret to healing is the Holy Spirit. Are you willing to humble yourself before God? We need to pray and ask God to make us humble, making less of us and more of His Spirit in us.