Quotes about Fruitfulness

we are flooded with the gifts of neighborliness—the economy of the rich devouring the poor is now inappropriate; we are now flooded with peaceable possibility—the old lust for war and violence is now out of sync; we are flooded with fruitfulness—the technological destruction that seeks to sustain our unsustainable standard of living is now passé.

Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.

If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”

Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

The Bible warns us about "the little foxes, that spoil the vines" [Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV]. This is a picture of the way "little" sins can destroy our fruitfulness for the Lord.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Whether the man is an atheist or a Christian, I would judge him by his fruits, and I have therefore many agnostic friends.

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

Healthy ministry communities, which leave a legacy of long-term gospel productivity, have longevity and fruit because they are, at their core, communities of grace. Rather than achievement forming how the leadership community forms itself and operates, the gospel does.

The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.