Branches, Leaves & Fruit
“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.” (Matthew 12:33) Only after establishing a strong, thorough root system and a powerful trunk can you have a tree, which you can depend on to produce […]
The Trunk
“17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matthew 7:17-20) […]
The Roots
The roots of your Fruitful Tree are the various contracts in your life. These include all forms of insurance, wills and trusts, and business entities. Each one of these is critically important. These are areas of our financial life that most of us simply gloss over because they seem unimportant, boring, or pertain to something […]
The Seed
Before expanding on our Fruitful Tree, let’s look at how Jesus used the mustard seed in his parable of the Kingdom of God. He noted that this seed was one of the very smallest, yet would grow to be one of the mightiest trees. He was teaching about how the Kingdom of God grows. This […]